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ROCHELLE SALT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rochelle salt mean? 

ROCHELLE SALT (noun)
  The noun ROCHELLE SALT has 1 sense:

1. a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a catharticplay

  Familiarity information: ROCHELLE SALT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROCHELLE SALT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

potassium sodium tartrate; Rochelle salt; Rochelle salts

Hypernyms ("Rochelle salt" is a kind of...):

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


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