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chlorophenoxies

chlorophenoxies is the plural of chlorophenoxy.

Meaning of chlorophenoxy

Noun

chlorophenoxy (plural chlorophenoxies)

  1. A type of chemical compound that contains both a phenol group and one or more chlorine atoms attached to the benzene ring, often used in herbicides.
    • The chlorophenoxies have been used extensively for the control of broadleaf weeds in cereal crops, turf, and rangeland.1993, John J. McKetta, Industrial Products Handbook - Volume 2, page 1009

Questions about chlorophenoxies

What is chlorophenoxies the plural of?
Chlorophenoxies is the plural of chlorophenoxy.

Words near chlorophenoxies in the dictionary

  1. chlorophanes
  2. chlorophenical
  3. chlorophenol
  4. chlorophenols
  5. chlorophenothane
  6. chlorophenoxies
  7. chlorophenoxy
  8. chlorophenyl
  9. chlorophenylacetate
  10. chlorophenylacetates
  11. chlorophenylalanine

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