Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a dark purple salt of permanganic acid;
in water solution it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Permanganate \Per*man"ga*nate\, n. (Chem.)
A salt of permanganic acid.
[1913 Webster]
Potassium permanganate. (Chem.) See Potassium
permanganate, under Potassium.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
permanganate
n 1: a dark purple salt of permanganic acid; in water solution
it is used as a disinfectant and antiseptic