picloram

[pik-luh-ram, pahy-kluh-]

pic·lo·ram

[pik-luh-ram, pahy-kluh-]
noun Chemistry.
a colorless powder, C6H3Cl3N2O2, used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.

Origin:
1960–65; reverse compound from am(inotrich)lor(o)pic(olinic acid); see amino-, tri-, chloro-, picolinic
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Picloram is always a great word to know.
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noting compounds that readily decompose or change into other compounds
of, pertaining to, or tending to develop into icelike crystals: glacial phosphoric acid
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