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menazon

[ men-uh-zon ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a colorless, crystalline compound, C 6 H 1 2 N 5 O 2 PS 2 , used as a systemic insecticide, especially for control of aphids.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of menazon1

First recorded in 1960–65; me(thyl) + (ami)n(o)- + (tri)az(ine) + (thi)on(ate)

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