📚 noun • entry_id 40757
calamine
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calamina • caramilla
Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO₃) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
For Secret Santa two years before, she had gifted him a bottle of calamine lotion.
Poison Ivy, Lord,'ll make you itch You're gonna need an ocean Of calamine lotion You'll be scratchin' like a hound The minute you start to mess around
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