green fire

noun

A pyrotechnic composition which burns with a green flame, consisting of sulfur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate).

Meanings

noungreen fire (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA pyrotechnic composition which burns with a green flame, consisting of sulfur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate).
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