POTASSIUM HYDROGEN CARBONATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid

Synonyms:

potassium acid carbonate; potassium bicarbonate; potassium hydrogen carbonate

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("potassium hydrogen carbonate" is a kind of...):

bicarbonate; hydrogen carbonate (a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate)

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