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disinfestant

disinfestant noun: a substance used to eliminate pests.

Noun

disinfestant (plural disinfestants)

  1. A substance used to eliminate pests.
    • Some post-harvest disinfestants are applied through the humidification system during the storage season.2012, Zhongqi He, Robert Larkin, Wayne Honeycutt, Sustainable Potato Production: Global Case Studies, page 157

Forms of disinfestant

pluraldisinfestants

Questions about disinfestant

What does disinfestant mean?
Disinfestant means a substance used to eliminate pests.
What part of speech is disinfestant?
Disinfestant is a noun.
What is the plural of disinfestant?
The plural of disinfestant is disinfestants.

Words near disinfestant in the dictionary

  1. disinfective
  2. disinfector
  3. disinfectors
  4. disinfects
  5. disinfest
  6. disinfestant
  7. disinfestants
  8. disinfestation
  9. disinfestations
  10. disinfested
  11. disinfesting

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