Category:Rochelle

Ro*chelle", n.

Defn: a seaport town in france. Rochelle powders. Same as seidlitz Powders. -- rochelle salt (chem.), the double tartrate of sodium and Potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, Slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was Discovered by seignette, an apothecary of rochelle, and is called Also seignete's salt.