|  strontium 
  
 
 a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group;
 turns yellow in air;
 occurs in celestite and strontianite
 • Syn:
 Sr, atomic number 38
 • Hypernyms:
 metallic element, metal
 • Hyponyms:
 strontium 90
 • Substance Holonyms:
 celestite, strontianite
 
 
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