potassium ferrocyanide

1. 1.

   a cyanide compound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts; commonly used by gardeners

   Synonymsyellow prussiate of potash

   Broaderferrocyanide

Questions about potassium ferrocyanide

What does potassium ferrocyanide mean?

potassium ferrocyanide means "a cyanide compound that is prepared by the reaction of potassium cyanide with ferrous salts; commonly used by gardeners".

What is another word for potassium ferrocyanide?

Close synonyms include yellow prussiate of potash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is potassium ferrocyanide a common word?

potassium ferrocyanide is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.