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glyphosate
[ glahy-fos-eyt ]
/ glaɪˈfɒs eɪt /
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noun Chemistry.
a compound, C3H8NO5P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
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Words nearby glyphosate
glyoxaline, glyoxylate, glyoxylic acid, glyph, glyphography, glyphosate, glyptal, glyptic, glyptics, glyptodont, glyptograph
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How to use glyphosate in a sentence
During the mid-nineties, the introduction of crops genetically engineered to withstand the herbicide glyphosate led to the chemical’s usage ramping up in agricultural areas across the Midwest, destroying large amounts of milkweed in the process.
Monarch butterflies are beloved—and declining for this sad reason|Claire Maldarelli|July 21, 2021|Popular-ScienceReproducing standard forestry practices, she and her sister, Robyn, doused birch and alder “weeds” with toxic 2,4-D and glyphosate.
When slathered in a stress-inducing chemical, the plants with glyphosate resistance produced a lot less nectar than wild plants.
Modified genes can distort wild cotton’s interactions with insects|Emiliano Rodríguez Mega|February 16, 2021|Science News