potassium permanganate | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun potassium permanganate has 1 sense

potassium permanganate, permanganate of potash - a poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic
--₁ is a kind of permanganate