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REALGAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("realgar" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "realgar"):
arsenic; As; atomic number 33 (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)
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