FUNGICIDE

antifungal, antifungal agent, fungicide, antimycotic, antimycotic agent

(noun) any agent that destroys or prevents the growth of fungi

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fungicide (countable and uncountable, plural fungicides)

A substance used to kill fungus

Source: Wiktionary


Fun"gi*cide`, n. Etym: [Fungi + -cide, fr. L. caedere to kill.]

Definition: Anything that kills fungi.

– Fun`gi*ci"dal, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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12 May 2024

RECALL

(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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