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Paris green

noun

A toxic double salt of copper arsenate and copper acetate.

A shade of green tinged with yellow. Synonyms: chartreuse, pea green, yellow green, yellowish green.

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"Paris green" Quotes from Famous Books

... taste everything he eats, for fear of Paris green," Pearl went on, speaking now in the loud official tone of the body-guard. "I have to stand between him and the howlin' mob thirstin' ...

— Sowing Seeds in Danny • Nellie L. McClung

... lost to view, so nearly do they resemble the color of the ground. Slight dustings of dry wood-ashes impede their feeding somewhat; but I think we must cope with this insect as we do with the Colorado or potato beetle. It must be poisoned. Paris green, of course, will finish them speedily, but such a deadly poison must be used with great care, and if there is any green or ripe fruit on the vines, not used at all. Hellebore, London purple, tobacco dust, may destroy them; and when little chickens can be employed, they ...

— Success With Small Fruits • E. P. Roe

... Paris green was an effective antidote against these destructive worms, and I have ordered a barrel of it from the city. I intend to spread a layer of this Paris green over all our flower and vegetable beds; the contrast thus presented to the dull, sere brown of our lawn will be very pleasing ...

— The House - An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice • Eugene Field

Words linked to "Paris green" : greenness, green, pigment, insect powder, viridity, insecticide, yellowish green, double salt