lime sulfur

American

Or lime sulphur

noun

Chemistry.

a mixture of lime and sulfur that has been boiled in water: used in powdered form or in aqueous solution as an insecticide, a fungicide, and a sheep dip.

Etymology

Origin of lime sulfur

First recorded in 1905–10

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Melander himself had run into difficulty with the San Jose scale, for some years satisfactorily controlled by spraying with lime sulfur.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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