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    ROCHELLE POWDER

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a catharticplay

    Synonyms:

    Rochelle powder; Seidlitz powder; Seidlitz powders

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("Rochelle powder" is a kind of...):

    aperient; cathartic; physic; purgative (a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels)

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