Agent Orange
Agent Orange
nounDefinition of AGENT ORANGE
: an herbicide widely used as a defoliant in the Vietnam War that is composed of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T and contains dioxin as a contaminant
Origin of AGENT ORANGE
so called from the identifying color stripe on its container
First Known Use: 1970
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