aldicarb

American  

[al-di-kahrb] / ˈæl dɪˌkɑrb /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a crystalline compound, C 7 H 14 N 2 O 2 S, used on plants as a systemic insecticide, miticide, and nematocide.

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Etymology

Origin of aldicarb

(propion)ald(ehyde) + -i- + carb(on)

Example Sentences

Colombia bans use of methyl parathion — one of the two pesticides Ms. Grayson mentioned — and effectively bans use of the other, aldicarb, on flowers, as well.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2015

Reason: suspicions that much of a 200,000-metric-ton crop, perhaps 30% of a bumper harvest, contained the poisonous insecticide aldicarb.

From Time Magazine Archive

The poisonings were apparently caused by aldicarb, a pesticide marketed by Union Carbide under the trade name Temik.

From Time Magazine Archive

The noxious cloud that swept over Institute was not MIC but a combination of methylene chloride and aldicarb oxime.

From Time Magazine Archive

Union Carbide insists, however, that its tests show aldicarb degrades to safe levels within 180 days.

From Time Magazine Archive