arsenate

American  

[ahr-suh-neyt, -nit] / ˈɑr səˌneɪt, -nɪt /

noun

1. a salt or ester of arsenic acid.

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arsenate British  

/ -nɪt, ˈɑːsəˌneɪt /

noun

1. a salt or ester of arsenic acid, esp a salt containing the ion A 5 O 4 ^3–

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arsenate Scientific  

/ är′sə-nĭt,är′sə-nāt′ /

1. A salt containing the radical AsO ₄.

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Etymology

Origin of arsenate

First recorded in 1790–1800; arsen- + -ate ²

Example Sentences

In 1988, he warned against eating Florida grapefruits because they had been sprayed with lead arsenate to speed ripening.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2012

The paper reported that the GFAJ-1 bacteria survived in a culture that had a ratio of arsenate to phosphate of 10,000 to 1, while other known arsenic-resistant microbes had ratios that were much lower.

From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2012

Based on the new data, "it's very clear there is no arsenate associated in the DNA backbones."

From Science Magazine • Feb. 2, 2012

Dauss King grew a bale of cotton on his Lord's acre, which he did not even spray with calcium arsenate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another insect to learn the profitable way of resistance was the codling moth, or appleworm, in the 1920’s, although lead arsenate had been used successfully against it for some 40 years.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson