"hair-salt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hair-salts [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Haarsalz. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Haarsalz}} Calque of German Haarsalz Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hair-salt (countable and uncountable, plural hair-salts)
  1. (mineralogy, dated) A habit of epsomite which occurs as silky, hair-like fibers. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Synonyms: hair salt
    Sense id: en-hair-salt-en-noun-CzAv6OQL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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