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Noun: copper sulphate
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: copper sulfate)
  1. 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