what does arsenic mean?
ARSENIC as NOUN
- Meaning
- a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms
- arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys
- found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) arsenic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic
- used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide and weed killer
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) arsenic is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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