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daminozide
[ duh-min-uh-zahyd ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- a plant-growth retardant, C 6 H 12 N 2 O 3 , used commercially on apples.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of daminozide1
d(imethyl) + amino- + (hydra)zide components of the chemical name
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Example Sentences
Last month the agency announced its intention to ban the use of daminozide by next winter and said that it was barring use of the fungicide captan on 42 crops.
It started with a report from the Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental group, that apples treated with the growth regulator Alar were soaking small children with dangerously high levels of daminozide, a possible carcinogen.
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