Chem. Obs. [f. AMMONIA + -ATE4.] A combination of ammonia with a metallic oxide, as Ammonio-cupric oxide, formerly ammoniate of copper. See AMMONIDE.
1844. T. Graham, Dom. Med., 355. Antispasmodics and alteratives, of which the best are, the flowers or acetate of zinc, quinine, ammoniate of copper.
