dicamba
noun
di·cam·ba ˌdī-ˈkam-bə 
: a systemic herbicide C8H6Cl2O3
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The full board and its pesticide committee have a backlog of some 700 pesticide violations, most involving dicamba. 
Stephen Steed, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2021 The Plant Board's new rule allowing the use of in-crop dicamba through June 30 took effect about two weeks ago. Stephen Steed, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2021 The most effective control will be accomplished with combination herbicides that contain the product dicamba. Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2021 In Illinois, for instance, dicamba-drift complaints more than doubled between 2017 and 2019. New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021 By 2020, scientists had confirmed the existence of dicamba-resistant Palmer amaranth. New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021 The Division of Agriculture has estimated that about 650,000 acres of non-tolerant soybeans were showing symptoms of dicamba exposure. Arkansas Online, 27 July 2021 In addition, the HVH determination will prohibit the application of all dicamba RUP herbicides to all crops for the period June 21 through Aug. 31. chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2021 The office's filing was with Pulaski County Circuit Judge Skip Welch, who had issued the restraining order as part of a lawsuit challenging the Plant Board's new regulation allowing dicamba to be sprayed through June 30. Arkansas Online, 29 May 2021 See More
Stephen Steed, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2021 The Plant Board's new rule allowing the use of in-crop dicamba through June 30 took effect about two weeks ago. Stephen Steed, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2021 The most effective control will be accomplished with combination herbicides that contain the product dicamba. Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Oct. 2021 In Illinois, for instance, dicamba-drift complaints more than doubled between 2017 and 2019. New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021 By 2020, scientists had confirmed the existence of dicamba-resistant Palmer amaranth. New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021 The Division of Agriculture has estimated that about 650,000 acres of non-tolerant soybeans were showing symptoms of dicamba exposure. Arkansas Online, 27 July 2021 In addition, the HVH determination will prohibit the application of all dicamba RUP herbicides to all crops for the period June 21 through Aug. 31. chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2021 The office's filing was with Pulaski County Circuit Judge Skip Welch, who had issued the restraining order as part of a lawsuit challenging the Plant Board's new regulation allowing dicamba to be sprayed through June 30. Arkansas Online, 29 May 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
perhaps from dichlor- + Cambilene + Banlene (two commercial preparations containing dicamba)
First Known Use
1965, in the meaning defined above