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ROCHELLE POWDER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rochelle powder mean?

• ROCHELLE POWDER (noun)
The noun ROCHELLE POWDER has 1 sense:

1. an effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic

Familiarity information: ROCHELLE POWDER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ROCHELLE POWDER (noun)

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Meaning:

An effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Rochelle powder; Seidlitz powder; Seidlitz powders

Hypernyms ("Rochelle powder" is a kind of...):

aperient; cathartic; physic; purgative (a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels)

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