CALCIUM NITRATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A deliquescent salt that is soluble in water; sometimes used as a source of nitrogen in fertilizers

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("calcium nitrate" is a kind of...):

nitrate (any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid))

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