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Compare German Zinkblumen (“flowers of zinc, zinc oxide”).
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zinc bloom
Today it means: Hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring in white earthy incrustations; hydrozincite. Full definition →
Today it means: Hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring in white earthy incrustations; hydrozincite. Full definition →
Compare German Zinkblumen (“flowers of zinc, zinc oxide”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.