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nematicides

nematicides is the plural of nematicide.

Meaning of nematicide

Noun

nematicide (plural nematicides)

  1. Any pesticide designed to kill nematodes (roundworms).
    • Villagers use the nematicides Furadan and Mocap mostly in banana cultivation, whereas Basudin and Sevin are the most frequently used agrochemicals applied exclusively on nonbanana crops.1998, Lawrence S. Grossman, The Political Ecology of Bananas, page 197

Questions about nematicides

What is nematicides the plural of?
Nematicides is the plural of nematicide.

Words near nematicides in the dictionary

  1. nemathelminths
  2. nematic
  3. nematically
  4. nematicidal
  5. nematicide
  6. nematicides
  7. nematicity
  8. nematicon
  9. nematicons
  10. nematics
  11. nematistiid

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