Rochelle salt Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic
potassium sodium tartrate; Rochelle salts.
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(Chem.) , the double tartrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and is called alsoSeignete's salt .
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- . See under
Rochelle .