captan

American  

[kap-tan, -tuhn] / ˈkæp tæn, -tən /

noun

1. a powder, C 9 H 8 Cl 3 NO 2 S, of white to cream color, used as a fungicide on vegetables, fruits, and flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of captan

First recorded in 1950–55; shortening of mercaptan

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I may have Alar on my apples, lead arsenate on my grapefruit, captan on my vegetables," says Jay Feldman, national coordinator of the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides.

From Time Magazine Archive

Den it off my stomach, de captan say, and dis child heerd him.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

De captan said he take de money to dis yer branker, and den hab no more trouble wid it.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles