pesticide
n. chemical mixture used to kill pests and insects | ||||
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Pesticide Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WordNet 2.0 |
pesticide
Noun
1. a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
(hypernym) chemical
(hyponym) acaricide, acaracide
Noun
1. a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
(hypernym) chemical
(hyponym) acaricide, acaracide
Pesticide Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms |
pesticide
[PES-tih-side]
A chemical that is used to kill insects and other pests.
[PES-tih-side]
A chemical that is used to kill insects and other pests.
Pesticide Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| EPA Terms of Environment |
Pesticide
Substances or mixture there of intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. Also, any substance or mixture intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant.
Substances or mixture there of intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. Also, any substance or mixture intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant.
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
Pesticide
substance used for controlling, destroying, or repelling a specific pest. Includes fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, rodenticides, defoliants, and plant growth regulators.
substance used for controlling, destroying, or repelling a specific pest. Includes fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, rodenticides, defoliants, and plant growth regulators.
| cigar terms |
Pesticide
insect poison
insect poison
Pesticide Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Biological Control |
Pesticide
A substance that is used to kill, debilitate, or repel a pest.
A substance that is used to kill, debilitate, or repel a pest.
Pesticide Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Pesticide
A pesticide is a substance or mixture of substances used for preventing, controlling, or lessening the damage caused by a pest. A pesticide may be a chemical substance, biological agent (such as a virus or bacteria), antimicrobial, disinfectant or device used against any pest. Pests include insects, plant pathogens, weeds, mollusks, birds, mammals, fish, nematodes (roundworms) and microbes that compete with humans for food, destroy property, spread or are a vector for disease or cause a nuisance. Many pesticides are poisonous to humans.
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