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dicofol

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Dicofol
Gaozheng agrochemical co,.LTD Email：sales@greenagro.com.cn!
www.greenagro.com.cn

di⋅co⋅fol

  [dahy-koh-fawl, -fol]
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–noun
a white crystalline solid, C14H9Cl5O, derived from DDT and used to protect crops from mites.
Origin:
laboratory coinage of unexplained orig.
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Dicofol
Gaozheng agrochemical co,.LTD Email：sales@greenagro.com.cn!
www.greenagro.com.cn
di·co·fol   (dī-kō'fôl, -fŏl, -fōl)   
n.  A pesticide, C14H9Cl5O, containing a small percentage of DDT and used primarily to control mites on crops.

[di-1 + c(hl)o(ro)- + alteration of ph(enyl) + -ol1.]
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