Shimose powder

From Shimose +‎ powder. Calque of Japanese 下瀬火薬 (Shimose kayaku), from 下瀬 (Shimose, surname) + 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”, literally “fire chemical”).

Named after Japanese chemist 下瀬雅允 (Shimose Masachika) (1860–1911), the developer of the powder.

Shimose powder (uncountable)

1. A picric acid-based explosive.

   Synonyms: Shimose, Shimose gunpowder

• melinite (“French variant”)
• lyddite (“British variant”)

• explosive