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Both applications are considered pesticidal, because weeds, like bugs, are pests.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2015

Sheele's research suggests its pesticidal properties may also fight bed-beg incursions, experienced by more than 400,000 New York City residents in 2009.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2012

The seeds' pesticidal powers, exploited by farmers for centuries, have been studied by scientists for at least 50 years.

From Time Magazine Archive