pesticide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

/ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/ /ˈpɛstəsaɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pesticide.wav pĕsʹtĭ-sīd' /ˈpɛstɪˌsaɪd/ [ˈpɛstɪ̈ˌsaɪd] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pesticide.wav

pesticide pesticides

From pest + -i- + -cide.

pest fumigant pesticidal fungicide germicide herbicide

agropesticide antipesticide biopesticide chloropesticide mycopesticide nanopesticide nonpesticide

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