zinc bloom

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English

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Etymology

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Compare German Zinkblumen (“flowers of zinc, zinc oxide”).

Noun

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zinc bloom (usually uncountable, plural zinc blooms)

  1. Hydrous carbonate of zinc, usually occurring in white earthy incrustations; hydrozincite.
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