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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ni·tro·prus·sic a.  Chem. Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a complex acid called nitroprussic acid, obtained indirectly by the action of nitric acid on potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate), as a red crystalline unstable substance.  It forms salts called nitroprussides, which give a rich purple color with alkaline sulphides.