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Webster 1913 Edition

Hydrocarbonate

Hyˊdro-car′bon-ate

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Noun.

(a)

(Old Chem.)

A hydrocarbon.

[Obs.]

(b)

(Chem.)

A hydrous carbonate, as malachite.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hydrocarbonate

HYDROC`ARBONATE

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Noun.

[Gr. water, or rather hydrogen, and L. carbo, a coal.] Carbureted hydrogen gas, or heavy inflammable air.