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Having the form of a thong or strap; ligulate.

Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.

A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.

Colored. [Obs.] Ray.

Deprived of color.

Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. Gray.

Deplorable. [Obs.] A more deplorate estate. Baker.

To discolor. [R.] Fuller.

To explore. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

Having flowers like buds.

Same as Hydrochloride.

A salt of perchloric acid.

An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate, a derivative of nitrobenzene, chlorated napthalene, and wood meal.

A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.

, as in testing lubricants. -- Friction powder, Friction composition, a composition of chlorate of potassium, antimony, sulphide, etc, which readily ignites by friction. -- Friction primer, Friction tube, a tube used for firing cannon by means of the friction of a roughened wire in the friction powder or composition…

h.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. -- Green fly (Zoöl.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. -- Green gage, (Bot.) See…

A perchlorate. [Obs.]

a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium. Match box, a box for holding matches. -- Match tub, a tub with a perforated cover for holding slow matches for firing cannon, esp. on board ship. The tub contains a little water in the bottom, for extinguishi…

A Sprengel explosive consisting of potassium chlorate and mono- nitrobenzene.