picrate Chem.
(ˈpɪkreɪt)
[f. as picric + -ate1.]
A salt of picric acid: used as an explosive.
| 1866 Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 403 The metallic picrates are mostly crystallisable, bitter, and of yellow colour. They explode when strongly heated. 1870 Daily News 27 July 6 The entrances east and west are closed by torpilles charged with picrate of potass. |
Hence piˈcrated ppl. a., containing or partly composed of a picrate: applied to certain fireworks.