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When dried, the substance looks like table salt and was initially called the salt of hartshorn — named for the horns of male deer from which it was commonly derived in the 17th century.
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Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
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Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Hartshorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hartshorn. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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hartshorn
noun
harts·horn
ˈhärts-ˌhȯ(ə)rn 
: a preparation of ammonia used as smelling salts see spirit of hartshorn
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