agrichemical

[ag-ri-kem-i-kuhl]

ag·ri·chem·i·cal

[ag-ri-kem-i-kuhl]
noun
1.
any chemical used in agricultural production, as commercial fertilizers, pesticides, and feed supplements.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to such a chemical.

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Agrichemical has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.


Origin:
1935–40; agri- + chemical
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