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di•chlo'ro•phe•nox'y•a•ce'tic ac'id
Pronunciation: (dī-klôr'ō-fi-nok'sē-u-sē'tik, -u-set'ik, dī-klōr'-, dī-klôr"ō-fi-nok"- dī-klōr"-), [key] Chem.
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C
8H
6O
3Cl
2, slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds. Also called
2, 4-D. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.