Sori

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of sorus form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Copper sulphate, especially combined with other impurities, particularly in the context of the Roman Empire. historical, obsolete, uncountable

    "[…] copper which had contracted an efflorescence from age; the Sori was sulphate of copper combined with zinc or other impurities; and the Misy was a combination of sulphate of copper with sulphate of iron, the predominance of the[…]"

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"[…] copper which had contracted an efflorescence from age; the Sori was sulphate of copper combined with zinc or other impurities; and the Misy was a combination of sulphate of copper with sulphate of iron, the predominance of the[…]"

Etymology

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