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dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

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di⋅chlo⋅ro⋅phe⋅nox⋅y⋅a⋅ce⋅tic ac⋅id

[dahy-klawr-oh-fi-nok-see-uh-see-tik, -uh-set-ik, dahy-klohr-, dahy-klawr-oh-fi-nok- dahy-klohr-]
–noun Chemistry.
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C8H6O3Cl2, slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
Also called 2, 4-D.


Origin:
di- 1 + chloro- 2 + phen- + oxy- 2 + acetic acid
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