Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A substance that destroys or inhibits the growth of fungi.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which destroys fungi; specifically, a chemical applied to fungi or their germs for the purpose of destroying them; a germicide.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Anything that kills fungi.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A substance used to kill
fungus
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi
Etymologies
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Examples
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The current response of hitting it with higher and more lethal doses of fungicide is not in line with public demands for "more natural" ( "greener") farming methods.
Did You Know? A fungus from Mexico and the Irish potato famine 2008
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The current response of hitting it with higher and more lethal doses of fungicide is not in line with public demands for "more natural" ( "greener") farming methods.
Did You Know? A fungus from Mexico and the Irish potato famine 2008
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Use of the fungicide is widespread in Brazil, a supplier of orange juice to the U.S. The FDA has vowed to pull juice with higher than trace elements of the potentially harmful fungicide, which is 80 parts per billion or higher.
Pepsi Finds Fungicide Traces in Tropicana OJ Mike Esterl 2012
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Food and Drug Administration officials have vowed to pull juice with higher than trace elements of the potentially harmful fungicide, which is 80 parts per billion or higher.
Coke, Pepsi Attempt to Ease O.J. Fears Paul Kiernan 2012
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Kathryn Gilje, co-director of the Pesticide Action Network, said the fungicide is a possible carcinogen and can disrupt human hormone systems even at low levels of exposure.
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"The fungicide is the primary driver," Sterling Smith, an analyst with Country Hedging in St. Paul, Minnesota, said in a telephone interview.
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CCM's in-depth analysis into the whole development of mancozeb industry and position of mancozeb in Chinese fungicide industry
unknown title 2011
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CCM's in-depth analysis into the whole development of mancozeb industry and position of mancozeb in Chinese fungicide industry
unknown title 2011
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Applying a fungicide is another way to act on the pathogen.
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Applying a fungicide is another way to act on the pathogen.
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