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CUPROUS

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cu⋅prous

  [kyoo-pruhs, koo-]
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–adjective
containing copper in the univalent state, as cuprous oxide, Cu2O.
Origin:
1660–70; cupr- + -ous
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cu·prous   (kōō'prəs, kyōō'-)   
adj.  Of, relating to, or containing univalent copper.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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