potassium permanganate
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～ a poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic
potassium dichromate
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～ an orange-red salt used in making dyes and in photography
potassium chlorate
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～ a white salt (KClO3) used in matches, fireworks, and explosives; also used as a disinfectant and bleaching agent
potassium carbonate
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～ a white salt (K2CO3) that is basic in solution; used to make glass and cleansing agents
potassium acid carbonate
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～ a crystalline salt (KHCO3) that is used in baking powder and as an antacid
potassium cyanide
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～ a poisonous salt (KCN) used in electroplating and in photography
potassium-argon dating
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～ geological dating that relies on the proportions of radioactive potassium in a rock sample and its decay product, argon
potassium iodide
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～ a crystalline salt in organic synthesis and in making photographic emulsions and in iodized table salt
potassium ferrocyanide
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～ a cyanide compound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts; commonly used by gardeners
potassium bromide
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～ a white crystalline salt (KBr) used as a sedative and in photography
potassium alum
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～ a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum
potation
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～ the act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink)
potation
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～ a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft"
potato bug
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～ black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
potato bean
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～ twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
potato fern
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～ large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people
potato family
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～ large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra