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zinc sulfate


zinc sulfate

noun

Definition of ZINC SULFATE

: a crystalline salt ZnSO4 used especially in making a white paint pigment, in printing and dyeing, in sprays and fertilizers, and in medicine as an astringent, emetic, and weak antiseptic

First Known Use of ZINC SULFATE

1851

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