Roche alum

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:44:26

Roche" al`um (?). Chem.

A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; -- so called from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; -- also called rock alum.

 

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