PESTICIDE


Meaning of PESTICIDE in English

— pesticidal , adj.

/pes"teuh suyd'/ , n.

a chemical preparation for destroying plant, fungal, or animal pests. Also called biocide .

[ 1935-40; PEST + -I- + -CIDE ]

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