"herbicide" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-herbicide.ogg [US] Forms: herbicides [plural]
Etymology: herb + -icide Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|herb|icide}} herb + -icide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} herbicide (countable and uncountable, plural herbicides)
  1. A substance used to kill plants. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture, Horticulture Synonyms: phytocide Hyponyms: weedkiller Derived forms: rainbow herbicide Related terms: herb, herbicidal Translations (substance used to kill plants): гербіцыд (hjerbicyd) [masculine] (Belarusian), herbicida [masculine] (Catalan), 除草劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 除草剂 (chúcǎojì) (Chinese Mandarin), herbicid [masculine] (Czech), herbicide [neuter] (Dutch), onkruidverdelger [masculine] (Dutch), herbicido (Esperanto), ókrútstýnari [masculine] (Faroese), kasvimyrkky (Finnish), herbicide [masculine] (French), Herbizid [neuter] (German), chemisches Wildkrautbekämpfungsmittel [neuter] (German), chemisches Unkrautvernichtungsmittel [neuter] (German), chemischer Unkrautvernichter [masculine] (German), chemische Keule [colloquial, feminine] (German), ζιζανιοκτόνο (zizanioktóno) [neuter] (Greek), herbisida (Indonesian), diserbante [masculine] (Italian), erbicida [masculine] (Italian), 除草剤 (josōzai) (alt: じょそうざい) (Japanese), 제초제 (jechoje) (alt: 除草劑) (Korean), herbisid (Malay), racun herba (Malay), herbicyd [masculine] (Polish), herbicida [masculine] (Portuguese), erbicid [neuter] (Romanian), гербици́д (gerbicíd) [masculine] (Russian), yerbicide (Scots), herbìcīd [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), herbicida [masculine] (Spanish), herbicid [common-gender] (Swedish), ogräsmedel [neuter] (Swedish), lasonlamon (Tagalog), ยาฆ่าหญ้า (yaa-kâa-yâa) (Thai)

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          "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
      "word": "除草劑"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
      "word": "除草剂"
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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      "word": "herbicid"
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    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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      "alt": "除草劑",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jechoje",
      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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    {
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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      "word": "herbicida"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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      "word": "erbicid"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "гербици́д"
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    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "herbìcīd"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "herbicida"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "herbicid"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ogräsmedel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
      "word": "lasonlamon"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yaa-kâa-yâa",
      "sense": "substance used to kill plants",
      "word": "ยาฆ่าหญ้า"
    }
  ],
  "word": "herbicide"
}

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