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English noun: alkaline-earth metal

1. alkaline-earth metal (substance) any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)


Synonymsalkaline earth


Broader (hypernym)metal, metallic element









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