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ATRAZINE

Dictionary entry overview: What does atrazine mean?

• ATRAZINE (noun)
The noun ATRAZINE has 1 sense:

1. a synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide

Familiarity information: ATRAZINE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ATRAZINE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A synthetic compound derived from triazine that is widely used as an agricultural herbicide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Context example:

atrazine is thought to cause cancer and is banned in some European countries

Hypernyms ("atrazine" is a kind of...):

herbicide; weed killer; weedkiller (a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth)

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