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s | pesticide |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun pesticide is

anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (eg sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    pesticide

    English

    (wikipedia pesticide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
  • * 2011 , Allan S. Felsot, Pesticides and Health: Myths vs. Realities , page 4:
    • Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times,
  • * 2013 , Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening (ISBN 1615643338):
    • Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.
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    • Related terms

    * pest * pesticidal * fungicide * germicide * herbicide