atrazine

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/ˈætrəziːn/

noun

A triazine herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis.

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Meanings

nounatrazine (countable and uncountable, plural atrazines)

plural atrazines

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA triazine herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis.

    A study Kennedy discussed on multiple podcast episodes exposed male African clawed frogs to atrazine in a lab, castrating 75% of the male frogs and turning one in 10 males into females.

    2023 July 13, Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children”, in CNN

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APA

atrazine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrazine

MLA

“atrazine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrazine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atrazine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrazine.

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