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noun
A chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: herbicide, weed killer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical, chemical substance
Narrower terms: Agent Orange, atrazine, linuron, paraquat, silvex, simazine
History
From weed + killer.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
