Paris green

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Paris green

A poisonous emerald-green powder, C₄H₆As₆Cu₄O₁₆, used as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.

Paris green

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) an emerald-green poisonous insoluble substance used as a pigment and insecticide. It is a double salt of copper arsenite and copper acetate. Formula: 3Cu(AsO₂)₂.Cu(C₂H₃O₂)₂

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Noun	1.	Paris green - a toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate insect powder, insecticide - a chemical used to kill insects pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) double salt - a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization
	2.	Paris green - a shade of green tinged with yellow pea green, yellow green, yellowish green, chartreuse green, viridity, greenness - green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

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Chartreuse double salt Emerald green Green greenness Imperial green insect powder insecticide pea green pigment poison Schweinfurth green viridity yellow green yellowish green			Byline: SARAH BARDON DESPERATE Ireland fans were crying out for tickets to the World Cup showdown in France yesterday and begged: Let us turn Paris green. OUI WANT MORE; Green Army's plea sends FAI chief to Paris by The Mirror (London, England) He now appears to have convinced himself he is a hopeless putter and the Paris greens, diseased and a long way from their best after a severe wet spell, will do nothing to improve his negative thoughts. Golf: Make move for 50-1 McGinley by Chapman, Jeremy / The Racing Post (London, England) white arsenic or Paris Green 1 pint cheap molasses Juice from one lemon 7 pints of water Spread this mixture around your garden toward evening. Grow potatoes on pasture land by Countryside & Small Stock Journal			parietal pericardium parietal placentation parietal pleura Parietales Parietaria Parietaria difussa Parietary parietes Parietic Parietine Parieto- parieto-occipital fissure parieto-occipital sulcus parietomastoid suture Parigenin Parillin parimutuel paring paring knife parings paripinnate Paris Paris Club Paris Commune Paris daisy Paris green Paris quadrifolia Paris University Paris white parish parish clerk parish council Parish court parish priest parish pump parish register parish-pump Parishad Parishen Parishional parishioner Parisian Parisienne parisology parison parisyllabic Paritor Paritory parity parity bit parity check			paris blue paris blue Paris Bourbon County YMCA Paris Bourse Paris Business Forms, Inc. Paris Charles De Gaulle International Airport Paris Club Paris Club Paris Codex Paris Commune Paris Commune Paris Commune Paris Commune Paris Commune Paris Commune of 1789–94 Paris Commune of 1871 Paris Commune, Anniversary of the Paris Conference Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property Paris Convention Treaty Paris daisy Paris daisy Paris daisy Paris Declaration Paris District High School Paris Equipment Manufacturing Ltd. Paris Evangelical Missionary Society Paris France Paramoteur Paris Graduate School of Management Group Paris green Paris High School Paris Hilton Paris Hilton Entertainment, Inc. Paris Hotels Roissy Vaugirard Paris Ile-de-France Region Paris Institute of Astrophysics Paris Inter Bank Offer Rate Paris Inter Bank Offered Rate Paris Inter-Bank Offer Rate Paris Inter-Bank Offered Rate Paris Interbank Offer Rate Paris Interbank Offered Rate Paris Interbank Offered Rate Paris Is Burning (film) Paris Is Burning (film) Paris Landing State Park Paris League Paris Metro Pricing Paris Mountain State Park Paris of the East Paris of the East Paris Opéra Paris Opera Ballet Paris Operators for Universal Internet Exchange Paris Pacts Paris Pacts Paris Peace Conference Paris Peace Conference

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