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dicofol

[ dahy-koh-fawl, -fol ]

noun

  1. a white crystalline solid, C 14 H 9 Cl 5 O, derived from DDT and used to protect crops from mites.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dicofol1

First recorded in 1940–45; a pharmaceutical coinage

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