A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores.

synonyms: atomic number 48, Cd.

Roget 439: orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame color etc. adj.. [Pigments] ocher, Mars'orange^†, cadmium.    cardinal bird, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal lobelia (a flowering plant). ... show more

Dutch: cadmium
Polish: Cd, kadm