单词 | mecoprop |
释义 | mecopropn. Agriculture and Horticulture. A selective herbicide, used alone and with other herbicides, esp. to control weeds of cereal crops and grassland; (±)-2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)-propanoic acid, C10H11Cl O3. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killer of nature > [noun] > herbicide weedkiller1745 weedicide1897 herbicide1899 algicide1902 algaecide1903 pesticide1933 2,4,5-T1947 silvicide1950 dalapon1953 silvex1954 sterilant1955 simazine?1957 mecoprop1959 propazine1959 diquat1960 TCA1960 picloram1965 propachlor1966 1959 Weed Abstr. Jan. 8 §189 Mecoprop was markedly toxic to white, but not to red, clover. 1988 J. A. R. Lockhart & A. J. L. Wiseman Introd. Crop Husb. (ed. 6) vi. 205/2 In 1957 two herbicides—CMPP (now known as mecoprop) and TBA/MCPA mixture—were introduced and these proved effective against the chickweed and cleavers as well as the weeds which were controlled by MCPA. 1992 Independent 13 Feb. 1/4 In 1990 Anglian Water detected rising levels of Mecoprop, a common weedkilling pesticide, at its Etton borehole. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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