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POTASSIUM SODIUM TARTRATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potassium sodium tartrate mean?
• POTASSIUM SODIUM TARTRATE (noun)
The noun POTASSIUM SODIUM TARTRATE has 1 sense:
1. a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
Familiarity information: POTASSIUM SODIUM TARTRATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POTASSIUM SODIUM TARTRATE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
potassium sodium tartrate; Rochelle salt; Rochelle salts
Hypernyms ("potassium sodium tartrate" is a kind of...):
double salt (a solution of two simple salts that forms a single substance on crystallization)
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