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Bordeaux mixture

Bordeaux mixture noun: a mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide.

bordeaux mixture: a mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide
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Noun

Bordeaux mixture (countable and uncountable, plural Bordeaux mixtures)

  1. A mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide.
    • Reports are coming to hand from a very large number of districts as to the success which has attended the use of the Bordeaux mixture (sulphate of copper and lime) as a preventive of potato disease.1891 November 16, The Times, pg 12 col A
    • The aggressiveness of several plant diseases in Europe between 1878 and 1882, particularly the downy mildew upon the grape, which, about 1878, had invaded Europe from America, stimulated a search in the former country for effective spraying mixtures. Trials of many chemicals were made, but it was...1910, Frank Lincoln Stevens, John Galentine Hall, “Historical”, in Diseases of Economic Plants, Macmillan, pages 7-9

Bordeaux mixture meaning in Tamil

Bordeaux mixture in Tamil

போர்டோ கலவை, போடோகலவை, போர்டா கலவை, பார்டாக் கலவை

Forms of Bordeaux mixture

pluralBordeaux mixtures

Origin of Bordeaux mixture

Calque of French bouillie bordelaise, after Bordeaux in France, where it is used on vines.

Questions about Bordeaux mixture

What does Bordeaux mixture mean?
Bordeaux mixture means a mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide.
What is Bordeaux mixture in Tamil?
Bordeaux mixture in Tamil is போர்டோ கலவை, போடோகலவை, போர்டா கலவை. See Bordeaux mixture meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Bordeaux mixture?
Bordeaux mixture is a noun.
What is the plural of Bordeaux mixture?
The plural of Bordeaux mixture is Bordeaux mixtures.

Words near Bordeaux mixture in the dictionary

  1. Bordas
  2. Bordases
  3. Bordeau
  4. Bordeaus
  5. bordeaux
  6. Bordeaux mixture
  7. Bordeaux mixtures
  8. Bordeaux turpentine
  9. Bordeauxes
  10. Bordeauxs
  11. bordei

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