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fenuron

fenuron noun: the herbicide 3-phenyl-1,1-dimethylurea.

Noun

fenuron (uncountable)

  1. The herbicide 3-phenyl-1,1-dimethylurea.
    • Root growth inhibition by 25 p.p.m. fenuron began before shoots emerged and, therefore, before the appearance of visible damage to the leaves. Although root growth was retarded by 25 p.p.m. fenuron, the roots continued to grow for 24 days after the appearance of leaf injury and while the injury...1965, Edwin A. Davis, The Mechanism of Fenuron Injury to Plants, US Department of Agriculture, US Forest Service Research Note RM-50
    • High rates of a commercial product containing a mixture of chlorpropham and fenuron were also included in order to ascertain at what level above the recommended rate serious damage would occur.1970, Experimental Horticulture, Volumes 21-26, page 32

Questions about fenuron

What does fenuron mean?
Fenuron means the herbicide 3-phenyl-1,1-dimethylurea.
What part of speech is fenuron?
Fenuron is a noun.

Words near fenuron in the dictionary

  1. fenty folds
  2. fenty lean
  3. fenty leans
  4. fenugreek
  5. fenugreeks
  6. fenuron
  7. fenvalerate
  8. Fenway
  9. Fenwick
  10. Fenwick tree
  11. Fenwick trees

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