salitroseadj.
/ˈsalɪtrəʊs/ Containing saltpetre.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > nitre or saltpetre
nitrous1583
sal-petery1608
peterish1690
salinitrous1731
nitriferous1839
salitrose1845
salitrous1897
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain II. viii. 559 Roads..clouded in a salitrose dust.
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 726 The Bayou Salade especially, owing to the salitrose nature of the soil and springs, is the favourite resort.
Derivatives
salitrous adj. /ˈsælɪtrəs/
/ˈsælɪtrəs/ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > nitre or saltpetre
nitrous1583
sal-petery1608
peterish1690
salinitrous1731
nitriferous1839
salitrose1845
salitrous1897
the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > potassium > [adjective] > compounds
salpetrous1731
salitrous1897
1897 H. F. Gadow In Northern Spain 77 A spring of salitrous water.
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