Meaning Of The Word Toxaphene
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Toxaphene Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Toxaphene?
toxaphene in American English
a commercial insecticide, approximately C10H10Cl8, made by chlorinating camphene: use is now restricted as it may be a carcinogen noun: an amber, waxy, water-insoluble solid, whose principal constituent is chlorinated camphene, used as an insecticide and as a rodenticide toxaphene in British English noun: an amber waxy solid with a pleasant pine odour, consisting of chlorinated terpenes, esp chlorinated camphene: used as an insecticide |
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