green vitriol

noun

1. See ferrous sulphate
   another name for ferrous sulphate

green vitriol

1. See ferrous sulfate

Example Sentences

They were found to be made of green vitriol, starch and sugar.

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Dissolve green vitriol and a little nitrous acid in common water.

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He obtained it, as the Nordhausen variety is still made, by the distillation of dried green vitriol.

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For long, green vitriol was confused with blue vitriol, which generally occurs as an impurity in crude green vitriol.

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Besides green-vitriol, it is possible that certain organic salts of iron, may be deleterious.

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