FERROCYANIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ferrocyanide mean? 

• FERROCYANIDE (noun)
  The noun FERROCYANIDE has 1 sense:

1. salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate

  Familiarity information: FERROCYANIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FERROCYANIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Salt of ferrocyanic acid usually obtained by a reaction of a cyanide with iron sulphate

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ferrocyanide" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

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

potassium ferrocyanide; yellow prussiate of potash (a cyanide compound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts; commonly used by gardeners)

 Context examples 

In the prussian blue staining, the sections are treated with an acidic solution of potassium ferrocyanide and any ferric iron present reacts to form an insoluble bright blue pigment called Prussian blue.

(Iron Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)