LITMUS PAPER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Unsized paper treated with litmus for use as an acid-base indicator

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("litmus paper" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

Meronyms (substance of "litmus paper"):

litmus; litmus test (a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator)

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