Bordeaux mixture
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Bordeaux in France, where it is used on vines.
Noun[edit]
Bordeaux mixture (countable and uncountable, plural Bordeaux mixtures)
- A mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide.
- 1891 November 16, The Times, pg 12 col A:
- Reports are coming to hand from a very large number of districts as to the success which has attended the use of the Bordeaux mixture (sulphate of copper and lime) as a preventive of potato disease.
Translations[edit]
copper sulphate and lime mixture
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