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verdigris Definition


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verdigris
noun
    1. A blueish-green coating of basic copper salts, especially copper carbonate, that forms as a result of corrosion when copper, brass or bronze surfaces are exposed to air and moisture for long periods.
    2. Basic copper acetate.
Etymology: 14c: from French verd de Grece green of Greece.



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