AGENT ORANGE


Meaning of AGENT ORANGE in English

a powerful herbicide and defoliant containing trace amounts of dioxin, a toxic impurity suspected of causing serious health problems, including cancer and genetic damage, in some persons exposed to it and birth defects in their offspring: used by U.S. armed forces during the Vietnam War to defoliate jungles.

[ 1965-70; so called from the color of the identifying stripe on the drums in which it was stored ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .