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Noun: white arsenic
  1. A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
    - arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, ratsbane

Derived forms: white arsenics

Type of: trioxide

Encyclopedia: White arsenic