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COPPER SULFATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copper sulfate mean? 

COPPER SULFATE (noun)
  The noun COPPER SULFATE has 1 sense:

1. a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxideplay

  Familiarity information: COPPER SULFATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COPPER SULFATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

copper sulfate; copper sulphate; cupric sulfate; cupric sulphate

Hypernyms ("copper sulfate" is a kind of...):

sulfate; sulphate (a salt or ester of sulphuric acid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "copper sulfate"):

blue copperas; blue stone; blue vitriol; chalcanthite (hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate)


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