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- noun chemistry Any mixed salt containing both
acetate andarsenite anions
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Emerald green is copper acetoarsenite, also called Paris green and used as an insecticide.
Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003
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Anopheles gambiae, which had recently been imported, using pyrethrum spraying, larviciding with Paris Green (copper acetoarsenite), and elimination of breeding sites
PLoS Medicine: New Articles Gerald T. Keusch et al. 2010
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Similarly, the crystalline powder copper acetoarsenite, a brilliant shade of emerald green, could be hazardous to an artist’s health.
Text of J.K. Rowling’s speech Colleen Walsh Harvard Staff Writer DateSeptember 17, 2015January 5, 2018 2018
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