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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or containing mercury;
[syn: mercuric, mercurous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mercurous \Mer*cu"rous\, a. (Chem.)
   Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing
   mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury in which it is
   present in its highest proportion.
   [1913 Webster]

   Mercurous chloride. (Chem.) See Calomel.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mercurous
    adj 1: of or containing mercury [syn: mercuric, mercurous]