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BLUE VITRIOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue vitriol mean?
• BLUE VITRIOL (noun)
The noun BLUE VITRIOL has 1 sense:
1. hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
Familiarity information: BLUE VITRIOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
blue copperas; blue stone; blue vitriol; chalcanthite
Hypernyms ("blue vitriol" is a kind of...):
copper sulfate; copper sulphate; cupric sulfate; cupric sulphate (a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide)
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