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simazine

American  
[sahy-muh-zeen] / ˈsaɪ məˌzin /

noun

Chemistry.

  1. a colorless crystalline selective herbicide, C 7 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used for season-long weed control in corn and other crops.

Etymology

Origin of simazine

1955–60; sim-, respelling of sym(metrical) + (tri)azine

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