sulfur
/ˈsʌl.fɚ/ noun B2- 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.
- The element symbolically associated with hellfire or damnation, or in alchemy, the fiery principle present in all things.
- A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the sulfur-coloured species.
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