hypovanadate

noun

hy·​po·​vanadate

: a salt (as potassium hypovanadate K₂V₄O₉) containing tetravalent vanadium in the anion

called also vanadite

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hypo- + vanadate

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