Paris green

Paris green

n.

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

Thesaurus

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