(botany, dated, rare) silvery white

To treat with a silver salt

Treated with a silver salt

simple past tense and past participle of argentate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argentate

Of, pertaining to, or containing silver. / (chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.

Of, pertaining to or containing silver. / (chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a lower proportion than in argentous compounds.

(archaic) The metal silver. / (heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms. / (obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.

Of silver or silver-coloured. / (heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

Of silver.