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paris green

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables
paris -green
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Copper(II) acetoarsenite, a highly toxic blue-green compound used as a pigment, colorant, insecticide and rodenticide.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of a shade of pale green, originally produced with copper(II) acetoarsenite.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Paris greens (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Brunswick green Scheele's green viridian cobalt green malachite more at Appendix:Colors § Greens

Synonyms

yellow green yellowish green chartreuse pea green

Questions

What does paris green mean?
Copper(II) acetoarsenite, a highly toxic blue-green compound used as a pigment, colorant, insecticide and rodenticide.

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