agrochemical

noun

ag·​ro·​chem·​i·​cal ˌa-grō-ˈke-mi-kəl How to pronounce agrochemical (audio)
variants or less commonly agrichemical
: an agricultural chemical (such as an herbicide or an insecticide)

Examples of agrochemical in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The prairie isn’t doing well either, abutted by commercial farms and subjected to the runoff of their agrochemicals. Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023 The explosion was possibly caused by storing agrochemicals with flammable characteristics, the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said, according to TASS, a Russian news agency. Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2023 Recognizing that a deep tech like syn-bio could revolutionize the agrochemicals industry, for instance, Bayer set up a joint venture with the start-up Gingko Bioworks back in 2017. François Candelon, Fortune, 2 June 2023 The failed agrochemical turned out to be a public relations disaster for another reason, as well. Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2021 In October 2018, the agrochemical giant said Justice Family Farms hadn’t paid a bill for more than $800,000 of seed. Big Jim, ProPublica, 31 May 2020 In November, gunmen took three people hostage at one farm and made off with $50,000 worth of agrochemicals. Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2020 On Thursday, Aurelia Skipwith, who once worked for agrochemical corporation Monsanto, was confirmed as the director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019 Those standards include waste and water management protection and the safe use of agrochemicals. Alicia Kortendick, oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2019

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Word History

Etymology

agrochemical from agro- + chemical entry 2; agrichemical from agri- + chemical entry 2

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of agrochemical was in 1956

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Cite this Entry

“Agrochemical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agrochemical. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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