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captan

/ˈkæpˌtæn/

captan noun: a particular phthalimide fungicide.

Noun

captan (uncountable)

  1. A particular phthalimide fungicide.
    • Control can be achieved by dusting or slurry-treating the seed wheat with one of a number of fungicides that are available. Those recommended are all non-mercurials and include formulations based on captan, benquinox, and methyl arsenic sulphide.1961, New Zealand Wheat Review, numbers 8-15, page 38
  2. Ethyl mercaptan.

Questions about captan

What does captan mean?
Captan means a particular phthalimide fungicide.
What part of speech is captan?
Captan is a noun.
How do you pronounce captan?
Captan is pronounced /ˈkæpˌtæn/.

Words near captan in the dictionary

  1. Captains Obvious
  2. captains of industry
  3. captains regent
  4. captainship
  5. captainships
  6. captan
  7. captation
  8. captations
  9. captative
  10. captatives
  11. captayne

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