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phorate

American

[fawr-eyt, fohr-] / ˈfɔr eɪt, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

Chemistry.

a systemic insecticide, C 7 H 1 7 O 2 PS 3 , used especially as a soil treatment for the control of numerous crop-damaging insects.

First recorded in 1955–60; (phos)phor- ( def. ) + -ate ²

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