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So far this year, more than a dozen pieces of legislation have been filed that deal with herbicides, pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals, including those found in cleaning supplies and household products.—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2025 If aeration is on your to-do list, do it before applying pre-emergents to avoid disrupting the herbicide barrier.—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025 University of Florida recommends applying the herbicide around the middle of February.—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025 Environmental exposures: Exposure to toxic chemicals like herbicides (weed killers) or microplastics increases the risk of developing multiple myeloma.—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for herbicide
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Etymology
Latin herba + International Scientific Vocabulary -cide
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