copper sulfate


copper sulfate

noun

Definition of COPPER SULFATE

: a sulfate of copper; especially : the normal sulfate that is white in the anhydrous form but blue in the crystalline hydrous form CuSO4ยท5H2O and that is often used as an algicide and fungicide

First Known Use of COPPER SULFATE

1869

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