"biorational" meaning in English

See biorational in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: bio- + rational Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|rational}} bio- + rational Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} biorational (not comparable)
  1. Of a pesticide or herbicide: having relatively low toxicity, and causing relatively little damage to the environment. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-biorational-en-adj-4lM9TyHj Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bio- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 47 53

Noun

Forms: biorationals [plural]
Etymology: bio- + rational Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|rational}} bio- + rational Head templates: {{en-noun}} biorational (plural biorationals)
  1. A pesticide or herbicide that has relatively low toxicity and causes relatively little damage to the environment.
    Sense id: en-biorational-en-noun-wR-unZpl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bio- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 47 53

Inflected forms

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