flowers of sulfur

American  

noun

Pharmacology.

1. sublimed sulfur in the form of a fine yellow powder, used in medicine chiefly to kill parasites and fungi and to treat certain skin diseases.

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Example Sentences

Many readers also suggest dusting socks and shoes with flowers of sulfur.

From Seattle Times

On the Pacific slope the only application yearly required in most vineyard regions is dusting with flowers of sulfur for powdery-mildew.

From Project Gutenberg

On the Pacific coast, however, powdery-mildew or "o�dium" as it is often called there, the name coming from Europe, is more cheaply and more successfully combated by dusting with flowers of sulfur.

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Lot of trouble placing all that flowers of sulfur, but we postulated a liquid sulfur-sulfur dioxide-carbon dioxide cycle.

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The flowers of sulfur may be sprinkled over the plants, particularly when they are wet.

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