dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

US:USA pronunciation: respelling(dī klôr′ō fi nok′sē ə sē′tik, -ə set′ik, dī klōr′-, dī klôr′ō fi nok′- dī klōr′-)



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di•chlo′ro•phe•nox′y•a•ce′tic ac′id  (dī klôr′ō fi nok′sē ə sē′tik, -ə set′ik, dī klōr′-, dī klôr′ō fi nok′- dī klōr′-),USA pronunciation [Chem.]
  1. Chemistrya white to yellow, crystalline powder, C8H6O3Cl2, slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds. Also called 2, 4-D. 
  • di-1 + chloro-2 + phen- + oxy-2 + acetic acid

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2,4-D

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