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Insecticidal vs Tetranortriterpenoid - What's the difference?

insecticidal | tetranortriterpenoid |

As an adjective insecticidal

is of, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing.

As a noun tetranortriterpenoid is

(chemistry) any of a class of insecticidal compounds extracted from the neem tree, the best known being azadirachtin.

insecticidal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing.
  • * 1959 , Gardeners' Chronicle, Horticultural Trade Journal :
    • The insecticidal properties of sulphur were also known to the Romans, for in about 200 B.C. Cato suggested that its fumes should be allowed to blow through trees to kill the vine fetter.

    Related terms

    * insect * insecticide

    tetranortriterpenoid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia tetranortriterpenoid)
  • (chemistry) Any of a class of insecticidal compounds extracted from the neem tree, the best known being azadirachtin.