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    WHITE ARSENIC

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killerplay

    Synonyms:

    arsenic; arsenic trioxide; arsenous anhydride; arsenous oxide; ratsbane; white arsenic

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("white arsenic" is a kind of...):

    trioxide (an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule)

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