Bordeaux mixture

noun

A mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide.

OriginFrench bouillie bordelaise →
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Meanings

nounBordeaux mixture (countable and uncountable, plural Bordeaux mixtures)

plural Bordeaux mixtures

  1. countableuncountableA mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide.

    Reports are coming to hand from a very large number of districts as to the success which has attended the use of the Bordeaux mixture (sulphate of copper and lime) as a preventive of potato disease.

    1891 November 16, The Times, pg 12 col A

Origin

  1. Frenchbouillie bordelaise
  2. EnglishBordeaux mixture

Calque of French bouillie bordelaise, after Bordeaux in France, where it is used on vines.

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Translations

Catalan brou bordelès
  • brou bordelèscopper sulphate and lime mixture
Dutch Bordelese pap, Bordeauxse pap
  • Bordelese papcopper sulphate and lime mixture
  • Bordeauxse papcopper sulphate and lime mixture
Estonian bordoo vedelik, Bordeaux' vedelik
  • bordoo vedelikcopper sulphate and lime mixture
  • Bordeaux' vedelikcopper sulphate and lime mixture
French bouillie bordelaise
  • bouillie bordelaisecopper sulphate and lime mixture
Italian poltiglia bordolese
  • poltiglia bordolesecopper sulphate and lime mixture
Romanian zeamă bordeleză
  • zeamă bordelezăcopper sulphate and lime mixture
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