Meanings
adjectiveinsecticidal (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, relating to, or being insecticide; insect-killing.
The insecticidal properties of sulphur were also known to the Romans, for in about 200 B.C. Cato suggested that its fumes should be allowed to blow through trees to kill the vine fetter.
1959, Gardeners' Chronicle, Horticultural Trade Journal
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Greek εντομοκτόνος
- εντομοκτόνος (entomoktónos)relating to insecticide
Hungarian rovarirtó
- rovarirtórelating to insecticide
Polish owadobójczy, insektobójczy
- owadobójczyrelating to insecticide
- insektobójczyrelating to insecticide
Portuguese inseticida
- inseticidarelating to insecticide
Russian инсектицидный
- инсектицидный (insekticidnyj)relating to insecticide
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insecticidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insecticidal
MLA
“insecticidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insecticidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insecticidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insecticidal.
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