chloroxynil

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortened from the chemical name.

Noun[edit]

chloroxynil (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) The pesticide 3,5-dichloro-4-hydroxybenzonitrile.
    • 2015 July 16, “A Novel Phenolic Compound, Chloroxynil, Improves Agrobacterium -Mediated Transient Transformation in Lotus japonicus”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      We identified a phenolic compound, chloroxynil, which increased the genetic transformation of L.
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