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Paris green
noun
- Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
- (sometimes lowercase) a variable hue ranging from light to vivid yellow green in color.
Paris green
noun
- an emerald-green poisonous insoluble substance used as a pigment and insecticide. It is a double salt of copper arsenite and copper acetate. Formula: 3Cu(AsO 2 ) 2 .Cu(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Paris green1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
It is easy to destroy them by dropping a mixture of Paris Green and sugar near their runs.
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Some syllogisms are fallacious as a decoy watermelon stuffed with paris green.
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The common rat poisons are Arsenic, Strychnine and Paris-green.
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The Paris Green is used only for chewing insects, as worms and beetles.
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If the potato-beetle is troubling the potatoes, add paris-green to the Bordeaux mixture—a teaspoonful to every two gallons.
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