| white arsenic 
 
 a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic;
 used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
 • Syn:
 arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, ratsbane
 • Derivationally related forms:
 arsenical (for: arsenic)
 • Hypernyms:
 trioxide
 
 
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