ARSENOUS ANHYDRIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arsenous anhydride mean? 

• ARSENOUS ANHYDRIDE (noun)
  The noun ARSENOUS ANHYDRIDE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ARSENOUS ANHYDRIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARSENOUS ANHYDRIDE (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 killer

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("arsenous anhydride" is a kind of...):

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