PESTICIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pesticide mean? 

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

1. a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PESTICIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

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

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

acaracide; acaricide (a chemical agent used to kill mites)

arsenical (a pesticide or drug containing arsenic)

insect powder; insecticide (a chemical used to kill insects)

pediculicide (a chemical agent that kills lice)

phosphine (a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide)

scabicide (a drug that destroys the itch mite that causes scabies)

sheep dip (a liquid mixture containing pesticides in which sheep are dipped to kill parasites)

spray (a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying)

 Context examples 

A few epidemiological studies have suggested that pesticides increase the risk of colon cancer in humans and rodents.

(Pesticides blamed for rise in colon cancer deaths, SciDev.Net)

Expression is induced in liver and other tissues by drugs, pesticides, and carcinogens.

(Cytochrome P450 2D5, NCI Thesaurus)

Dimethylcarbamoyl chloride is used as a chemical intermediate in the production of pharmaceuticals, pesticides and dyes.

(Dimethylcarbamoyl Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Pesticides can help get rid of them.

(Pesticides, Environmental Protection Agency)

A substituted benzoylphenylurea and an analogue of the pesticide diflubenzuron with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Clanfenur, NCI Thesaurus)

Pesticides are also a factor, according to the study, particularly among commercial beekeepers.

(Study Finds Mixed News About Bee Populations, VOA)

Dibromochloropropane is a formerly known pesticide that was used as a soil fumigant and nematocide on crops, and is currently only used as an intermediate in organic synthesis and as a research chemical.

(Dibromochloropropane, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethylene thiourea is mainly used as an accelerator in the production of rubber, and in the manufacture of ethylene bisdithiocarbamate pesticides.

(Ethylene Thiourea, NCI Thesaurus)

A yellowish to pinkish colored, synthetic leaflet material. p-Chloro-o-toluidine is used in industry in the manufacture of azo dyes and is used in the production of the pesticide chlordimeform.

(p-Chloro-o-toluidine, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic derivative of benzodioxole and used as an insecticide synergist, Piperonyl Butoxide enhances the active properties of pyrethrin, pyrethroid, rotenone, and carbamate pesticide ingredients by inhibiting insect microsomal enzyme detoxification activity.

(Piperonyl Butoxide, NCI Thesaurus)