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Definition of Herbicides
1. herbicide [n] - See also: herbicide
Medical Definition of Herbicides
1. Pesticides used to destroy unwanted vegetation, especially various types of weeds, grasses, and woody plants. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Herbicides
Literary usage of Herbicides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"This is one of the quickest and most valuable herbicides. The crude acid is
relatively cheap. It is not quite equal to the arsenical poisons for penetrating ..."
2. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"Such experiment has proved the worth of the following chemicals as weed-killers,
or herbicides: Common salt (Sodium chloride). This is the cheapest, ..."
3. Protecting Residences from Wildfires: A Guide for Homeowners, Lawmakers, and by Howard E. Moore (1993)
"herbicides Many chapparral species and some other native plants are sprouters.
... Properly prescribed and applied herbicides are often the most effective ..."
4. 50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater by Michael C. Hirschi, F. William Simmons, Doug Peterson, Ed Giles (1998)
"But much of its success depends on whether you broadcast herbicides or apply ...
When herbicides are broadcast-applied, studies have generally shown that ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"Chemicals useful as herbicides. Any soluble chemical, even including the various
commercial ... This is one of the quickest and most valuable herbicides. ..."
6. Environmental Indicators for Agriculture by Organisation for Economic Co-operation, SourceOECD (Online service), Development. (2001)
"Pesticide risks for herbicides, fungicides and insecticides: Germany, 1987 to
1998 Herbicide Index 1987= 100 Fungicide Daphnia Fish Acute risk 1000 900 800 ..."
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