Meaning

1 senses
  1. (obsolete, uncountable)An old name for the chemical element boron.

Origin

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from borax + -ium.

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from borax + -ium.

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