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hexachlorobenzene

hexachlorobenzene noun: a polychlorinated hydrocarbon, C₆Cl₆, used as a fungicide in the treatment of bunt.

Noun

hexachlorobenzene (countable and uncountable, plural hexachlorobenzenes)

  1. A polychlorinated hydrocarbon, C₆Cl₆, used as a fungicide in the treatment of bunt

Forms of hexachlorobenzene

pluralhexachlorobenzenes

Origin of hexachlorobenzene

From hexa- + chloro- + benzene.

Questions about hexachlorobenzene

What does hexachlorobenzene mean?
Hexachlorobenzene means a polychlorinated hydrocarbon, C₆Cl₆, used as a fungicide in the treatment of bunt.
What part of speech is hexachlorobenzene?
Hexachlorobenzene is a noun.
What is the plural of hexachlorobenzene?
The plural of hexachlorobenzene is hexachlorobenzenes.

Words near hexachlorobenzene in the dictionary

  1. hexachloridoantimonate
  2. hexachloro
  3. hexachloroacetone
  4. hexachloroantimonate
  5. hexachloroantimonates
  6. hexachlorobenzene
  7. hexachlorobenzenes
  8. hexachlorobiphenyl
  9. hexachlorobiphenyls
  10. hexachlorobutadiene
  11. hexachlorocyclohexane

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