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MALATHION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malathion mean? 

MALATHION (noun)
  The noun MALATHION has 1 sense:

1. a yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mitesplay

  Familiarity information: MALATHION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MALATHION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow insecticide used as a dust or spray to control garden pests and house flies and mites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("Malathion" is a kind of...):

insect powder; insecticide (a chemical used to kill insects)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)


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