Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

phytocide

American

[fahy-tuh-sahyd] / ˈfaɪ təˌsaɪd /

noun

a substance or preparation for killing plants.

Other Word Forms

phytocidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of phytocide

First recorded in 1935–40; phyto- + -cide

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.