CHEMICAL IRRITANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chemical irritant mean? 

• CHEMICAL IRRITANT (noun)
  The noun CHEMICAL IRRITANT has 1 sense:

1. a substance producing irritation

  Familiarity information: CHEMICAL IRRITANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEMICAL IRRITANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance producing irritation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("chemical irritant" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chemical irritant"):

capsaicin (colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno)

gingerol (derived from ginger; source of the hotness of ginger)

piperin; piperine (derived from pepper (especially black pepper); source of the hotness of black and white pepper)

isothiocyanate (a family of compounds derived from horseradish and radishes and onions and mustards; source of the hotness of those plants and preparations)