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  • noun chemistry Any mixed salt containing both acetate and arsenite anions

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  • Emerald green is copper acetoarsenite, also called Paris green and used as an insecticide.

    Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003

  • Anopheles gambiae, which had recently been imported, using pyrethrum spraying, larviciding with Paris Green (copper acetoarsenite), and elimination of breeding sites

    PLoS Medicine: New Articles Gerald T. Keusch et al. 2010

  • Similarly, the crystalline powder copper acetoarsenite, a brilliant shade of emerald green, could be hazardous to an artist’s health.

    Text of J.K. Rowling’s speech Colleen Walsh Harvard Staff Writer DateSeptember 17, 2015January 5, 2018 2018

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