Argentous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Argentous \Ar*gen"tous\, a. (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain
     silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than
     in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  argentous
       adj : relating to compounds in which silver is univalent