PARIS GREEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Paris green mean? 

• PARIS GREEN (noun)
  The noun PARIS GREEN has 2 senses:

1. a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate

2. a shade of green tinged with yellow

  Familiarity information: PARIS GREEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARIS GREEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("Paris green" is a kind of...):

insect powder; insecticide (a chemical used to kill insects)

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

double salt (a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A shade of green tinged with yellow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chartreuse; Paris green; pea green; yellow green; yellowish green

Hypernyms ("Paris green" is a kind of...):

green; greenness; viridity (green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass)