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thripicide

thripicide noun: a substance that kills thrips.

Noun

thripicide (plural thripicides)

  1. A substance that kills thrips.
    • The importance of the thrip has led to my arranging with Prof. Quayle and the Walnut Growers Association Spray Company to conduct demonstrations in the use of certain dust sprays believed to be effective thripicides, and less expensive than lime-sulphur.1921, California Citrograph, page 180
    • Oil sprays uncombined with lime sulfur appear to have little value as thripicides.1925, Bulletin, Sunkist Growers. Pest Control Dept, page 22

Examples of thripicide in a sentence

  • All recommendations known to the authors for the use of this material as a thripicide specify solutions of or near 1 to 1,000.1941 September, R[obert] H[ale] Nelson, C[arroll] C[layton] Cassil, “Method of Treatment”, in Adsorption of Mercuric Chloride from Solution...
  • This pest management strategy may be accomplished through: 1) applying thripicide(s) only when thresholds are reached;1982, Recent Advances in Knowledge of the Phytoseiidae: Proceedings of a Formal Conference of the Acarology Society of America Held at the...

Forms of thripicide

pluralthripicides
alternative formthripsicide

Origin of thripicide

From thrip + -icide.

Questions about thripicide

What does thripicide mean?
Thripicide means a substance that kills thrips.
How do you use thripicide in a sentence?
All recommendations known to the authors for the use of this material as a thripicide specify solutions of or near 1 to 1,000.
What part of speech is thripicide?
Thripicide is a noun.
What is the plural of thripicide?
The plural of thripicide is thripicides.

Words near thripicide in the dictionary

  1. Thringstone
  2. thrink
  3. thrinter
  4. thrinters
  5. thrip
  6. thripicide
  7. thripicides
  8. thripid
  9. thripids
  10. Thriplow
  11. Thriplow and Heathfield

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