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verdigris

noun

  1. a green or greenish-blue poisonous compound, a basic acetate of copper, prepared by treating copper with acetic acid and used as a pigment, dye, etc.
  2. a green or greenish-blue coating () that forms like rust on brass, bronze, or copper

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