PICRIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does picric acid mean? 

• PICRIC ACID (noun)
  The noun PICRIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a yellow toxic highly explosive strong acid; used in high explosives and as a dye and in chemical reactions

  Familiarity information: PICRIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICRIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow toxic highly explosive strong acid; used in high explosives and as a dye and in chemical reactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("picric acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

 Context examples 

A tissue fixative consisting of formaldehyde, glacial acetic acid, and picric acid.

(Bouin's Fixative, NCI Thesaurus)