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ROCHELLE SALTS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
Synonyms:
potassium sodium tartrate; Rochelle salt; Rochelle salts
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Rochelle salts" is a kind of...):
double salt (a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization)