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agrichemical

agrichemical is the alternative form of agrochemical.

Meaning of agrochemical

Noun

agrochemical (plural agrochemicals)

  1. A chemical compound, such as a hormone, fungicide, or insecticide, that improves the production of crops.
    • Villagers use the nematicides Furadan and Mocap mostly in banana cultivation, whereas Basudin and Sevin are the most frequently used agrochemicals applied exclusively on nonbanana crops.1998, Lawrence S. Grossman, The Political Ecology of Bananas, page 197
  2. A compound or product derived from farmed plants.

See all 3 meanings of agrochemical

Forms of agrichemical

pluralagrichemicals

Origin of agrichemical

From agri- + chemical.

Questions about agrichemical

What is agrichemical the alternative form of?
Agrichemical is the alternative form of agrochemical.

Words near agrichemical in the dictionary

  1. agribusinesswoman
  2. agribusinesswomen
  3. agric
  4. agric.
  5. agrichar
  6. agrichemical
  7. agrichemically
  8. agrichemicals
  9. agrichemist
  10. agrichemists
  11. agrichnial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: agrichemical (page history and authors); agrochemical (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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