pentachloronitrobenzene

[pen-tuh-klawr-oh-nahy-troh-ben-zeen, -ben-zeen, -klohr-]

noun Chemistry.

a crystalline compound, C6Cl5NO2, used as an herbicide and insecticide. Abbreviation: PCNB

Origin of pentachloronitrobenzene

penta- + chloro-² + nitrobenzene

Also called terrachlor.

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