Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous arseniate of iron: same as
cube-ore .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A hydrous arsenate of iron occurring in green or yellowish green cubic crystals; cube ore.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
hydrated basic ferric arsenate , consisting of the elementsarsenic ,iron ,hydrogen ,potassium ,sodium andoxygen .
Etymologies
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Greek farmakon, poison (i.e. arsenic), and sideros, iron.
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