menazon

noun

men·​a·​zon

ˈmenəˌzän

plural -s

: an organophosphate insecticide and acaricide C₆H₁₂N₅O₂PS₂ used especially as a systemic in agriculture

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from dimethyl + diamino- + triazine + thionate

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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