chalybeate

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Adjective

chalybeate

1. Containing dissolved salts of iron.
2. Tasting of iron, said of mineral water.

Noun

chalybeate (plural chalybeates)

1. A mineral water containing iron, a voguish general remedy during the 17th-19th century.

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