flowers of sulfur

flowers of sulfur
sublimed sulfur in the form of a fine yellow powder, used in medicine chiefly to kill parasites and fungi and to treat certain skin diseases.

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  • flowers of sulfur — noun yellow flakes of elemental sulfur, either as mined from a fumarole etc, or obtained by distillation …   Wiktionary

  • flowers of sulfur — sublimed sulfur …   Medical dictionary

  • flowers of sulfur — sublimed sulfur in the form of a fine yellow powder used especially in agriculture and in medicine …   Useful english dictionary

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  • sulfur — /sul feuhr/, n. 1. Also, esp. Brit., sulphur. Chem. a nonmetallic element that exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and that burns with a blue flame and a suffocating odor: used esp. in making… …   Universalium

  • sulfur flour — noun : crude or refined sulfur ground and usually sized called also flour sulfur; compare flowers of sulfur …   Useful english dictionary

  • sulfur — An element, atomic no. 16, atomic wt. 32.066, that combines with oxygen to form s. dioxide (SO2) and s. trioxide (SO3), and these with water to make strong acids, and with many metals and nonmetallic elements to form sulfides; mildly laxative;… …   Medical dictionary

  • flowers — A mineral substance in a powdery state after sublimation. f. of antimony SYN: antimony trioxide. f. of benzoin SYN: benzoic acid. f. of sulfur SYN: sublimed sulfur. f. of …   Medical dictionary

  • sulfur paintbrush — noun plant of moist highland meadows having ragged clusters of pale yellow flowers • Syn: ↑Castilleja sulphurea • Hypernyms: ↑Indian paintbrush, ↑painted cup …   Useful english dictionary

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