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RATSBANE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ratsbane mean?
• RATSBANE (noun)
The noun RATSBANE has 1 sense:
1. a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
Familiarity information: RATSBANE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
arsenic; arsenic trioxide; arsenous anhydride; arsenous oxide; ratsbane; white arsenic
Hypernyms ("ratsbane" is a kind of...):
trioxide (an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule)
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