CUPRIC SULPHATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide

Synonyms:

copper sulfate; copper sulphate; cupric sulfate; cupric sulphate

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cupric sulphate" is a kind of...):

sulfate; sulphate (a salt or ester of sulphuric acid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cupric sulphate"):

blue copperas; blue stone; blue vitriol; chalcanthite (hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate)

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