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ROCHELLE SALTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rochelle salts mean?
• ROCHELLE SALTS (noun)
The noun ROCHELLE SALTS has 1 sense:
1. a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
Familiarity information: ROCHELLE SALTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 salts" is a kind of...):
double salt (a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization)
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