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PERMANGANATE OF POTASH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does permanganate of potash mean?
• PERMANGANATE OF POTASH (noun)
The noun PERMANGANATE OF POTASH has 1 sense:
1. a poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic
Familiarity information: PERMANGANATE OF POTASH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERMANGANATE OF POTASH (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
permanganate of potash; potassium permanganate
Hypernyms ("permanganate of potash" is a kind of...):
permanganate (a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic)
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