arsenic

Words with a similar base: arsenic, arsenic_trioxide, white_arsenic

'arsenic'

[arsenic.n.01] as in: a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

'arsenic'

[arsenic.n.02] as in: a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar

Origins

					arsenic (English)
└── arsenik (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── arsenic (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
        └── arsenicum (Latin)
            └── ἀρσενικόν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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