- defoliant de·fo·li·ant n
- [diː'fəʊlɪənt]
defogliante m
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defoliant de·fo·li·ant n
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defoliant — defoliánt adj. m.(sil. li ant), pl. defoliánţi; f. sg. defoliántă, pl. defoliánte Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic DEFOLIÁNT, Ă adj., s.n. (Substanţă) care serveşte pentr … Dicționar Român
defoliant — 1943, from DEFOLIATE (Cf. defoliate) + ANT (Cf. ant) … Etymology dictionary
defoliant — /dee foh lee euhnt/, n. a preparation for defoliating plants. [1940 45; DEFOLI(ATE) + ANT] * * * Chemical dust or spray applied to plants to cause their leaves to drop off prematurely. Defoliants sometimes are applied to crop plants such as… … Universalium
defoliant — de|fo|li|ant [di:ˈfəuliənt US ˈfou ] n [U and C] formal [Date: 1900 2000; : Medieval Latin; Origin: defoliare, from Latin folium leaf ] a chemical substance, used especially in war, that makes all the leaves of plants drop off … Dictionary of contemporary English
defoliant — de|fo|li|ant [ di fouliənt ] noun count or uncount a chemical used for making the leaves fall off a tree or plant … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
defoliant — de·fo·li·ant || ‚diË fəʊlɪənt n. chemical substance that removes leaves (from trees, plants, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
defoliant — de·fo·li·ant … English syllables
defoliant — de•fo•li•ant [[t]diˈfoʊ li ənt[/t]] n. pes a preparation for defoliating plants … From formal English to slang
de|fo|li|ant — «dih FOH lee uhnt», noun. a chemical agent used to strip plants or trees of their leaves: »A new tool in cancer research may be a chemical now used as a weedkiller and cotton defoliant (Science News Letter) … Useful english dictionary
List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both… … Wikipedia
