Herbicide Definition

hûrbĭ-sīd, ûr-
herbicides
noun
herbicides
Any chemical substance used to kill plants, esp. weeds, or to check their growth.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Herbicide

Noun

Singular:
herbicide
Plural:
herbicides

Origin of Herbicide

  • herb +‎ -cide

    From Wiktionary

Herbicide Sentence Examples

  • Also, if you apply herbicide to kill broadleaf weeds, that should be done in October.

  • Herbicide resistant crops- This allows the farmer to spray wide spectrum herbicides on the crops and kill only the weeds.

  • Bradford corn gluten is an organic lawn care product, effective as both fertilizer and herbicide.

  • Three crops are involved - sugar beet, oilseed rape and fodder maize - all modified to be herbicide resistant.

  • For example, Monsanto has created a strain of soybeans genetically modified to be not affected by their herbicide product roundup ® 6.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to herbicide using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

HHEHER

Words Ending With

EDEIDE

Unscrambles

herbicide

Words Starting With H and Ending With E

Starts With H & Ends With EStarts With HE & Ends With EStarts With H & Ends With DE

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With H9 Letter Words Ending With E