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defoliant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | chemical compound, compound |
| Derivation | defoliate |
Examples of defoliant
defoliant
Before AO was discovered as a defoliant at mega-doses, it was planned to super-grow soy.
From the healthland.time.com
Xuan Minh, 3, suffering from what is believed to be the effects of the defoliant Agent Orange.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's awful, it has problems, and it's the safest defoliant ever.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
He treated the soil on his own side of the fence with a defoliant.
From the dailyherald.com
Agent Orange was a dioxin-laden defoliant that was sprayed over jungles to strip the Viet Cong of cover.
From the kentucky.com
Unlike insecticides, the study finds, the defoliant herbicides do not concentrate in animal tissue.
From the time.com
Where I live leicester City council spray the verges, the base of trees, kerbs with defoliant three times a year.
From the independent.co.uk
He was born without eyes having been deformed since birth from what may be the effects of defoliant Agent Orange.
From the time.com
Many children at the facility are from areas once heavily sprayed by U.S. forces with the defoliant Agent Orange.
From the latimes.com
- A chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off
- A defoliant is any chemical sprayed or dusted on plants to cause its leaves to fall off. A classic example of a highly toxic defoliant used for tactical purposes is Agent Orange, which was used widely by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1970.
- (Defoliants) Products used to make plants shed their leaves in order to regulate their growth.
- (Defoliants) Chemical that will cause the loss of leaves or foliage.
- (defoliants) chemicals which cause plants to lose their leaves artificially; often used in agricultural practices for weed control, and may have detrimental impacts on human and ecosystem health.
- An herbicide that removes leaves from trees and growing plants.
- A plant growth regulator that causes the leaves or other foliage to drop from a plant, usually to facilitate harvest.
- A harvest-aid material applied to the cotton plant to accelerate leaf drop in preparation for harvest (see defoliation).
- Chemical sprayed or dusted on trees or plants to make leaves fall off
