sulfur
A chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder and matchsticks.
Other meanings
A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the sulfur-coloured species.
Word history
From Latin "sulfur".
Where this comes from
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