plumbous
[ pluhm-buhs ]
adjectiveChemistry.
containing bivalent lead.
Origin of plumbous
1Words Nearby plumbous
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How to use plumbous in a sentence
A mixture of two parts of heavy spar and one of the plumbous compound.
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British Dictionary definitions for plumbous
plumbous
/ (ˈplʌmbəs) /
adjective
of or containing lead in the divalent state
Origin of plumbous
1C17: from Late Latin plumbōsus full of lead, from Latin plumbum lead
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