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Schweinfurt green

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Paris green. alt-of, alternative

    "For example, Schweinfurt green, also known as emerald or Paris green, was used in wallpaper and upholstery in the 19th century and contained high levels of arsenic. Wallpaper is even said to have killed Napoleon Bonaparte."

Etymology

Named after the city in which it was first made, Schweinfurt, Germany.

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