picrate

[ pik-reyt ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a salt or ester of picric acid.

Origin of picrate

1
First recorded in 1865–70; picr(ic acid) + -ate2

Other words from picrate

  • pic·rat·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for picrate

picrate

/ (ˈpɪkreɪt) /


noun
  1. any salt or ester of picric acid, such as sodium picrate

  2. a charge-transfer complex formed by picric acid

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