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Paris green

noun

  1. Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) a variable hue ranging from light to vivid yellow green in color.


Paris green

noun

  1. an emerald-green poisonous insoluble substance used as a pigment and insecticide. It is a double salt of copper arsenite and copper acetate. Formula: 3Cu(AsO 2 ) 2 .Cu(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Paris green1

First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences

It is easy to destroy them by dropping a mixture of Paris Green and sugar near their runs.

Some syllogisms are fallacious as a decoy watermelon stuffed with paris green.

The common rat poisons are Arsenic, Strychnine and Paris-green.

The Paris Green is used only for chewing insects, as worms and beetles.

If the potato-beetle is troubling the potatoes, add paris-green to the Bordeaux mixture—a teaspoonful to every two gallons.

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