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atrazine

/ˈætrəziːn/

atrazine noun: a triazine herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis.

Noun

atrazine (countable and uncountable, plural atrazines)

  1. A triazine herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis.
    • A study Kennedy discussed on multiple podcast episodes exposed male African clawed frogs to atrazine in a lab, castrating 75% of the male frogs and turning one in 10 males into females.2023 July 13, Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children”, in CNN

Forms of atrazine

pluralatrazines

Questions about atrazine

What does atrazine mean?
Atrazine means a triazine herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis.
What part of speech is atrazine?
Atrazine is a noun.
How do you pronounce atrazine?
Atrazine is pronounced /ˈætrəziːn/.
What is the plural of atrazine?
The plural of atrazine is atrazines.

Words near atrazine in the dictionary

  1. atraumatic
  2. atraumatically
  3. atraumaticity
  4. atray
  5. atrays
  6. atrazine
  7. atrazines
  8. atreach
  9. atreaches
  10. atreaching
  11. Atrebates

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