Definition of "picrate" [pi•crate]

• A salt or ester of picric acid. (noun)

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• "Picric acid is a crystalline bitter product extracted from coal - tar, and forming, in combination with potash, a yellow salt known as picrate of potash."
• "Picric acid is a crystalline bitter product extracted from coal-tar, and forming, in combination with potash, a yellow salt known as picrate of potash."
• "It was under the action of this cylinder, charged with some explosive substance, nitro - glycerine, picrate, or some other material of the same nature, that the water of the channel had been raised like a dome, the bottom of the brig crushed in, and she had sunk instantly, the damage done to her hull being so considerable that it was impossible to refloat her."