ferrocyanide

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noun

The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments

OriginEnglish cyanide ← Latin ferrum ← Old Latin *fersom →
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Meanings

nounferrocyanide (countable and uncountable, plural ferrocyanides)

plural ferrocyanides

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments

Origin

  1. Old Latin*fersom
  2. Latinferrum
  3. Englishferro-
  4. Englishcyanide
  5. Englishferrocyanide

From ferro- + cyanide.

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