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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The monoxid of strontium, SrO, an alkaline earth which when pure is an infusible grayish-white powder having an acrid burning taste.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun mineralogy a pale earth composed of strontium oxide (SrO)

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