glyphosate
/ˈɡlɪfəseɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
N-phosphonomethyl glycine, the active ingredient of several herbicides that inhibit a plant growth enzyme.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Two-thirds of Europeans support a ban on glyphosate, the most widely used agricultural chemical in the world’s history, according to a new Yougov poll."
- "France led the opposition to allowing the use of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup and in weed killers made by other companies."
- "But the executive order Mr. Trump issued Wednesday to increase domestic production of glyphosate — a widely used weedkiller and possible carcinogen that has been the target of thousands of lawsuits, including one brought by Mr. Kennedy — stunned and infuriated the activists."
- "In previous years Penryn Town Council has used Falmouth Town Council to fulfil the parks contract and glyphosate had been used, councillor Debra Clegg confirmed."