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thripicides

thripicides is the plural of thripicide.

Meaning of thripicide

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

Questions about thripicides

What is thripicides the plural of?
Thripicides is the plural of thripicide.

Words near thripicides in the dictionary

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

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