a restricted, toxic herbicide, CHClO, used esp. for weed control
Origin of silvex
from Classical Latin silva (see silva) + -ex, arbitrary suffixsilvex
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silvex
noun
A solid, toxic, selective herbicide, C9H7O3Cl3, formerly used chiefly to control woody plants and aquatic weeds.
Origin of silvex
Probably Latin silva forest ex(terminator)THE 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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