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

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

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

From Question of Comfort by Collins, Les

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.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

The flowers of sulfur may be dusted thinly over the foliage; enough merely slightly to whiten the foliage is sufficient.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

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

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

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