Noun: copper sulphate
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: copper sulfate)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: copper sulfate)
- A copper salt made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide
"Copper sulphate is commonly used as a fungicide in agriculture"; "copper sulphate is commonly used as a fungicide in agriculture";
- copper sulfate, cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: copper sulphates
Type of: sulfate [N. Amer], sulphate [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Copper sulphate