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CUPRIC SULPHATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cupric sulphate mean?
• CUPRIC SULPHATE (noun)
The noun CUPRIC SULPHATE has 1 sense:
1. a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide
Familiarity information: CUPRIC SULPHATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("cupric sulphate" is a kind of...):
sulfate; sulphate (a salt or ester of sulphuric acid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cupric sulphate"):
blue copperas; blue stone; blue vitriol; chalcanthite (hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate)
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