zinc oxide
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- oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointmentSynonyms: flowers of zincphilosopher's woolphilosophers' woolType of oxideSubstance of zinc white, Chinese white
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Zinc oxide
Chemistry, the oxide of zinc, ZnO, forming a light fluffy sublimate when zinc is burned; — called also flowers of zinc, philosopher's wool, nihil album, etc. The impure oxide produced by burning the metal, roasting its ores, or in melting brass, is called also pompholyx, and tutty.
From the entry Zinc.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54