diquat

[ dahy-kwot ]

noun
  1. a yellow crystalline substance, C12H12Br2N2, used as a selective postemergence herbicide to control weeds on noncrop land and for aquatic weed control.

Origin of diquat

1
First recorded in 1955–60; di-1 + quat(ernary)

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