Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SES-QUI-CAR'BO-NATE
SES-QUI-BRO'MIDSES-QUI-CHLO'RID
SES-QUI-CAR'BO-NATE, n.
A salt composed of three, equivalents of carbonic acid, with two equivalents of any base; as the sesquicarbonate of ammonia, i. e. the common volatile salt of hartshorn.
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