herbicidal

Variant of herbicide

herbicide definition

her·bi·cide (hʉr′bə sīd′, ʉr′-)

noun

any chemical substance used to destroy plants, esp. weeds, or to check their growth

Etymology: herbi- (< L herba, herb) + -cide

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