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insecticide

English

Etymology

From French insecticide, as insect +? -icide.

Noun

insecticide (countable and uncountable, plural insecticides)

  1. A substance used to kill insects.
    • 2009, Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues Analysis ?ISBN
      The dried seed powder of custard apple (Annona squamosa L; family: Annonaceae) has been used as an insecticide in India and many other tropical countries since ancient times.

Related terms

  • insect
  • insecticidal

Translations

Anagrams

  • scienticide

French

Etymology

insecte +? -cide

Pronunciation

Noun

insecticide m (plural insecticides)

  1. insecticide

References

“insecticide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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insecticidal

English

Adjective

insecticidal (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing.
    • 1959, Gardeners' Chronicle, Horticultural Trade Journal:
      The insecticidal properties of sulphur were also known to the Romans, for in about 200 B.C. Cato suggested that its fumes should be allowed to blow through trees to kill the vine fetter.

Related terms

  • insect
  • insecticide

Translations

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