Generic Term for a Chemical That Protects Plants

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Question

Generic Term for a Chemical That Protects Plants

Answer

PESTICIDE

Word Meaning:

PESTICIDE — 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.

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