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calcium cyanamide

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calcium cyanamide

–noun
a gray-black, often lumpy powder, CaCN2, unstable in water, obtained by heating calcium carbide and nitrogen; cyanamide: used chiefly as a fertilizer, herbicide, and intermediate in the synthesis of nitrogen compounds.

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1905–10
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calcium cyanamide  
n.  A gray-black compound, CaCN2, used as a fertilizer and weed killer.
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