paraquat

Noun

Meaning

a poisonous yellow solid used in solution as a herbicide

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

equinox poison insecticide fungicide herbicide pesticide weeding weedkiller defoliant glyphosate herbicidal herbicidally

Hypernyms

herbicide weed killer weedkiller

Examples

LUMBERTON — People interested in an upcoming paraquat training class have until March 9 to reserve a seat. Source: Internet

Farmers are limited to a few products like paraquat (Gramoxone; Group 22), glufosinate (Liberty; Group 10) or glyphosate (Roundup; Group 9) for cover crop termination. Source: Internet

In Ben Lawrence's dissertation research, he used 0.3 pint, so 10% of the paraquat rate utilized for preplant burndown. Source: Internet

Charles Walters points out: “… it would take a tractor-trailer load of botanicals to disturb, say, a water main, whereas a quart of Paraquat would do maximum damage.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

parapyramidal paraquadrate paraquadratic paraquat poisoning paraquel paraquet