herbicide
pronunciation
How to pronounce herbicide in British English:
UK [ˈhɜːbɪsaɪd]
How to pronounce herbicide in American English:
US [ˈɜːrbɪsaɪd]
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- Noun:
- a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth
Word Origin
- herbicide (n.)
- 1888, originally a trademark name, from herb + -cide.
Example
- 1. More than a hundred species of weeds have evolved resistance to one or another herbicide .
- 2. One biotech hobbyist claims to have created a weed resistant to roundup , america 's most popular herbicide .
- 3. When they exposed tobacco cells to the zinc finger nucleases , they also added a version of that gene that enhances herbicide resistance .
- 4. Virtually all commercial gmos are bred to withstand direct application of herbicide and / or to produce an insecticide .
- 5. Three groups were given ordinary rat food and water with increasing doses of roundup , reflecting various concentrations of the herbicide in the food chain .