ROCHELLE SALTS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

potassium sodium tartrate; Rochelle salt; Rochelle salts

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Nouns denoting substances

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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