HERBICIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does herbicide mean? 

• HERBICIDE (noun)
  The noun HERBICIDE has 1 sense:

1. a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth

  Familiarity information: HERBICIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERBICIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

herbicide; weed killer; weedkiller

Hypernyms ("herbicide" is a kind of...):

chemical; chemical substance (material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)

Meronyms (substance of "herbicide"):

arsenic; As; atomic number 33 (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "herbicide"):

Agent Orange (a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas)

atrazine (a synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide)

linuron (a herbicide that kills weeds without harming vegetables)

paraquat (a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide)

silvex (a herbicide that is effective in controlling woody plants but is toxic to animals)

simazine (a herbicide used to control weeds (especially among crops))

 Context examples 

Nitrofen was used as an herbicide, but is no longer used or manufactured in the United States.

(Nitrofen, NCI Thesaurus)

Other known C-P compounds are bioactive substances used in medicine (antibiotics) and agriculture (herbicide) such as fosfomycin, FR-33289, rhizocticin, and bialaphos.

(Aminophosphonate Metabolism Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Originally developed as herbicides, diarylsulfonylureas have shown a broad spectrum of antitumor activity in vivo.

(Diarylsulfonylurea Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

Amitrole is a widely used herbicide for nonfood croplands to control annual and perennial grass type weeds, pondweeds and broad leaf.

(Amitrole, NCI Thesaurus)

The rice plants that produce sorgoleone should require less herbicides to control weeds.

(Transferring Sorghum’s Weed-Killing Power to Rice, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

The ammonium salt form of nonanoic acid is used as an herbicide.

(Nonanoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

B. cenocepacia is naturally found in soil, water and vegetation and is capable of degrading industrial waste, herbicides, and vegetation as well as producing many antibacterial and antifungal agents.

(Burkholderia cenocepacia, NCI Thesaurus)

Nitrosodipropylamine is found as a contaminant in cheese, alcoholic beverages, rubber products and certain herbicides.

(Nitrosodipropylamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the toxic or carcinogenic chlorinated hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides.

(Dioxin Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

A significantly lower usage of fertilisers (about 50 per cent less than conventional levels) and non-herbicide treatments does not affect yields.

(Greener palm oil possible without sacrificing profit, SciDev.Net)