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spinosad

spinosad noun: any of a class of insecticides whose active ingredient is derived from a naturally-occurring soil-dwelling bacterium, Saccharopolyspora spinosa.

Noun

spinosad (usually uncountable, plural spinosads)

  1. (usually) Any of a class of insecticides whose active ingredient is derived from a naturally-occurring soil-dwelling bacterium, Saccharopolyspora spinosa.

Forms of spinosad

pluralspinosads

Questions about spinosad

What does spinosad mean?
Spinosad means any of a class of insecticides whose active ingredient is derived from a naturally-occurring soil-dwelling bacterium, Saccharopolyspora spinosa.
What part of speech is spinosad?
Spinosad is a noun.
What is the plural of spinosad?
The plural of spinosad is spinosads.

Words near spinosad in the dictionary

  1. spinorial
  2. spinors
  3. Spinos
  4. Spinosa
  5. spinosacral
  6. spinosad
  7. spinosads
  8. Spinosas
  9. spinosaur
  10. spinosauri
  11. spinosaurid

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