PHARAOH'S SERPENT


Meaning of PHARAOH'S SERPENT in English

noun

or pharaoh's serpents or pharaoh's serpents' eggs

Usage: usually capitalized P

: a firework consisting of pelleted mercury thiocyanate that on burning expands greatly to yield a porous serpentine ash

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