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fungicide
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fungicide has 1 sense
- fungicide(n = noun.artifact) antifungal, antifungal agent, antimycotic, antimycotic agent - any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi; Array has particulars: bordeaux mixture, fulvicin, griseofulvin, clioquinol, iodochlorhydroxyquin, itraconazole, sporanox, miconazole, monistat, mycostatin, nystan, nystatin, lamisil, terbinafine, thiabendazole, crystal violet, gentian violet
is a kind of agent
Derived form adjective fungicidal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
fungicide, n. [Fungi + -cide, fr. L. caedere to kill.].
Anything that kills fungi. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
fungicide
aborticide, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, defoliant, disinfectant, eradicant, fratricide, fumigant, genocide, germicide, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insect powder, insecticide, matricide, microbicide, miticide, organic chlorine, organic phosphate insecticide, parricide, patricide, pesticide, poison, rat poison, regicide, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide, sororicide, stomach poison, suicide, systemic, systemic insecticide, toxic, toxicant, toxin, uxoricide, venin, venom, vermicide, virus, weed killer
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