defoliant
美音:
[dı´fəulıənt
]英音:
[dı´fəulıənt
]n.<美>脱叶剂,落叶剂
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defoliant为短语/超纲词汇
defoliant
/,di:'fəʊlɪənt; di`folɪənt/
n chemical used on trees and plants to destroy the leaves 脱叶剂.
defoliant
n [U and C]formal
[Date: 1900-2000; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: defoliare, from Latin folium 'leaf']
a chemical substance, used especially in war, that makes all the leaves of plants drop off