phorate

[ fawr-eyt, fohr- ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a systemic insecticide, C7H17O2PS3, used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.

Origin of phorate

1
First recorded in 1955–60; (phos)phor- + -ate2

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