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fer⋅bam

[fur-bam]
–noun Chemistry.
an iron carbamate, C9H18FeN3S6, used chiefly as a fungicide for protecting certain farm crops.

Origin:
1945–50; fer(ric dimethyl dithiocar)bam(ate)
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fer·bam   (fûr'bām')   
n.  A black powder, C9H18FeN3S6, used as an agricultural fungicide.

[From the chemical name fer(ric dimethyldithiocar)bam(ate).]
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