noun
A white solid, C3H8NO5P, that is soluble in water, used as a broad-spectrum herbicide.
Origin of glyphosate
gly(cine) phos(ph)ateglyphosate
gly·phos·ateTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural glyphosates)
- A generic name for N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme.
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