Hypertext Webster Gateway: "permanganate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Permanganate \Per*man"ga*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of permanganic acid.
{Potassium permanganate}. (Chem.) See {Potassium
permanganate}, under {Potassium}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
permanganate
n : a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution it
is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic
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