English Explanatory Dictionary

Scheele's green

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A toxic cupric hydrogen arsenite with a greenish-yellow hue, formerly used in paints.

Word forms

Scheele's green

Etymology

After Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who invented it in 1775.

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