WordNet
zinc sulphate
n. a colorless water-soluble powder; used as a mordant or to preserve wood or for the electrodeposition of zinc [syn: zinc sulfate, white vitriol, zinc vitriol]
Usage examples of "zinc sulphate".
Alum and zinc sulphate was what the old boy in my medical school had preferred but I'd never come across anything better than sodium chloride-common salt.