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dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

dichlorophenoxyacetic acid noun: any dichloro-phenoxy derivative of acetic acid, but especially the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.

Noun

dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (plural dichlorophenoxyacetic acids)

  1. Any dichloro-phenoxy derivative of acetic acid, but especially the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

Forms of dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

pluraldichlorophenoxyacetic acids

Questions about dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

What does dichlorophenoxyacetic acid mean?
Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid means any dichloro-phenoxy derivative of acetic acid, but especially the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.
What part of speech is dichlorophenoxyacetic acid?
Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is a noun.
What is the plural of dichlorophenoxyacetic acid?
The plural of dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is dichlorophenoxyacetic acids.

Words near dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in the dictionary

  1. dichlorophene
  2. dichlorophenol
  3. dichlorophenolindophenol
  4. dichlorophenols
  5. dichlorophenoxyacetic
  6. dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
  7. dichlorophenoxyacetic acids
  8. dichlorophenyl
  9. dichlorophenylphosphine
  10. dichlorophenyls
  11. dichlorophosphate

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