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Noun: plaster of Paris
  1. Any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making moulds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
    - plaster

Type of: calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate

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