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Treated With Caustic Crossword Clue

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noun

• a caustic substance produced by heating limestone

• a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide

• a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

• any of various related trees bearing limes

• any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber

• the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees

verb

• spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

• cover with lime so as to induce growth

30%10Treated cotton with a caustic soda solution
adjective

• of cotton thread that has been treated with sodium hydroxide to shrink it and increase its luster and affinity for dye

30%11 Predecessor treated and treated again
verb

• use again after processing

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