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thripsicide

thripsicide is the alternative form 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

Forms of thripsicide

pluralthripsicides

Questions about thripsicide

What is thripsicide the alternative form of?
Thripsicide is the alternative form of thripicide.

Words near thripsicide in the dictionary

  1. thrippenny
  2. thripple
  3. thripples
  4. thrips
  5. thripses
  6. thripsicide
  7. thripsicides
  8. thrissome
  9. thrissum
  10. Thrissur
  11. Thrissurkaran

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