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Paris green
Paris green


noun 
Definition:
 
blue-green powder: a bright blue-green toxic powder. Use: pigment in paints, insecticide, wood preserver. (CuO)3As2O3.Cu(Cu2H3O2)2
[Mid-19th century. After Paris2]
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