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Meaning of "Paris green" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARIS GREEN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARIS GREEN

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Paris green is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PARIS GREEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paris green

Paris Green

Paris Green (copper(II) acetate triarsenite) is an inorganic compound more precisely known as copper(II) acetoarsenite. It is a highly toxic emerald-green crystalline powder that has been used as a rodenticide and insecticide, and also as a pigment, despite its toxicity. It is also used as a blue colorant for fireworks. The color of Paris Green is said to range from a pale, but vivid, blue green when very finely ground, to a deeper true green when coarsely ground.

Definition of Paris green in the English dictionary

The definition of Paris green in the dictionary is an emerald-green poisonous insoluble substance used as a pigment and insecticide. It is a double salt of copper arsenite and copper acetate. Formula: 3Cu2.Cu2.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARIS GREEN

Paris
Paris Club
Paris Commune
paris-mutuels
parish
parish church
parish clerk
parish council
parish hall
parish magazine
parish priest
parish pump
parish records
parish register
parish school
Parishad
parishen
parishioner
Parisian

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARIS GREEN

apple green
apple-green
bowling green
deep green
evergreen
grass green
green
kelly green
kelly-green
lime green
lime-green
Lincoln-green
oil of wintergreen
olive green
olive-green
sage green
screen
sea green
sea-green
village green
wintergreen

Synonyms and antonyms of Paris green in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Paris green» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARIS GREEN

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Translator English - Chinese

翠绿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

verde de París
570 millions of speakers

English

Paris green
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेरिस हरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

باريس الأخضر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Париж зеленый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

verde Paris
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যারিস সবুজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vert de Paris
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hijau hijau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paris grün
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パリスグリーン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파리 녹색
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paris ijo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Paris xanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாரிஸ் பச்சை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅरिस हिरव्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Paris yeşil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

verde di Parigi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Paryż zielony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Париж зелений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Paris verde
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Παρίσι πράσινο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Parys groen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Paris grön
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Paris grønn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Paris green

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARIS GREEN»

The term «Paris green» is normally little used and occupies the 134.091 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARIS GREEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Paris green

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARIS GREEN»

Discover the use of Paris green in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Paris green and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paris Green
Gary Jonathan Janis. Paris (“We en by Gary Jona than Janis Paris Green By Gary Jonathan Janis Paris Green. Copyright ©. Front Cover.
Gary Jonathan Janis, 2009
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Farmers' Bulletin
The beds must be sprayed with Paris green or with arsenate of lead to control insects. The seedlings are ready for transplanting when they are 4 to 5 inches high. The tobacco land should be plowed in the fall and must be liberally fertilized.
‎1920
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The use of Paris green in controlling the cotton boll weevil
placing too much dependence upon poison, but despite these warnings it is estimated conservatively that at least 25 carloads of Paris green have been used in Texas. The rather complete results of the work that has been conducted by the  ...
Walter David Hunter, 1904
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The Review of Applied Entomology: Agricultural. Series A
[Reed. 1930.] Experiments were carried out in and near Kiev in 1925 on the relative effect of Paris green, arsenic trioxide and calcium arsenite on the germination of seeds, the roots of different trees and the larvae of Melolontha melolontha, L., ...
‎1831
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Environmental Chemistry of Arsenic
The ef1icacy of arsenic as an insecticide was discovered serendipitously when an exasperated farmer threw some Paris green (copper arsenate) paint on beetle - infested potato plants and came back a few hours later to find that all the bugs ...
William T. Frankenberger, Jr, 2001
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A Most Satisfactory Man: The Story of Theodore Brevard ...
Perhaps acting "on a tip from someone in New Orleans,"43 they found that Paris green, an arsenic compound, killed larvae at extremely low concentrations that had little or no effect on other marine life. In their article on "Arsenic as a Larvicide  ...
Charles S. Bryan, 1996
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Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects V
This chemical factory was producing several chemical compounds including the insecticide paris-green (acetocopper arsenite). For about twenty years this factory had been producing about 20 tonnes of paris-green per year. Paris-green has ...
Willard R. Chappell, 2003
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Popular Fruit Growing
Paris Green; Dry Paris Green— Flour, 20 pounds. Paris Green, 1 pound. Mix the two and dust the plants when they are moist from dew or rain. Wet Paris GreenParis Green, 1 pound. Bordeaux mixture or water, 50-300 gallons. For apples or ...
Samuel Green, 2008
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Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology
The efficacy of Paris green was attributed to its slow activity and non-repellent quality against termite workers which, when contaminated, would actively spread the toxicant among uncontaminated nestmates. Any nestmates foraging in treated ...
Takuya Abe, David Edward Bignell, Masahiko Higashi, 2000
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Cotton Boll Weevil: Anthonomus Grandis Boh. : Abstracts of ...
A test was made of Paris green as a means of controlling the cotton boll weevil. This remedy was applied to cotton kept under large wire-screen cages and under field conditions. The season was unfavorable to the work on account of the late ...
Henry Arthur Dunn, 1964

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARIS GREEN»

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Anthony Caro's sculpture club
Hovering behind are the vivid emerald steel and alumunium forms of his 1966 “Paris Green” which are given even greater lightness and grace ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Anthony Caro: a material boy who made it big
At YSP, Month of May (1963), with its clashing pinks, green and orange sets up a rhythm with nearby Paris Green (1966); together they show a ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Arsenic and lead found in soil near former pesticide plant in …
VINELAND — In the early 1900s, Kil-Tone Company produced London Purple and Paris Green — exotic names for arsenic-based pesticides ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
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IIT-Kgp duo wins Paris green contest
KOLKATA: A two-member team from IIT-Kharagpur has bagged the top slot at an international green competition in Paris with an innovative ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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These are the Minerals That Give Fireworks Their Colors
... create intermediate shades of blue to green: copper acetoarsenite creates a striking paris green, while the mess of Cu3As2O3Cu(C2H3O2)2 ... «io9, Jul 15»
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Fireworks are less blue for a reason
That's because the chemical composition that produced the best, truest blue used the compound known as Paris green, which contains arsenic. «Columbus Dispatch, Jun 15»
7
Why green just can't be trusted
Schweinfurt green, also known as emerald or Paris green, was used in wallpaper and is said to have killed Napoleon Bonaparte. Photograph: ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
US Envoy Pleads For Paris Green Talks Deal
There is a need for an agreement to be adopted by world leaders during the World Climate Summit 2015 in Paris in November to allow every ... «Fiji Sun Online, Jun 15»
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35 Story Carbon Neutral Wood Skyscraper Proposed For Paris
Cross laminated wooden tower proposed for Paris Green believes Paris is the perfect place to showcase the benefits of using wood to construct ... «Green Building Elements, Jun 15»
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Thomas Brinkmann: What You Hear (Is What You Hear)
“Mitisgrün ('Paris green')” applies the same idea to static, imposed over a boiling electronic sea bed. It is fascinating but, again, you need to ... «PopMatters, May 15»

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