lead arsenate

[ led ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, highly poisonous powder, PbHAsO4, used as an insecticide.

Origin of lead arsenate

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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British Dictionary definitions for lead arsenate

lead arsenate

/ (lɛd) /


noun
  1. a white insoluble toxic crystalline powder used as an insecticide and fungicide. Formula: Pb 3 (AsO 4) 2

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