POTASSIUM ALUM

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Meaning:

A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum

Synonyms:

alum; potash alum; potassium alum

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("potassium alum" is a kind of...):

Al; aluminium; aluminum; atomic number 13 (a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite)

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

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