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MALATHION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Malathion mean?
• MALATHION (noun)
The noun MALATHION has 1 sense:
1. a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites
Familiarity information: MALATHION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("Malathion" is a kind of...):
insect powder; insecticide (a chemical used to kill insects)
Domain usage:
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
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