Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A herbicide containing trace amounts of the toxic contaminant dioxin that was used in the Vietnam War to defoliate areas of forest.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas
Etymologies
- From the orange identifying strip on drums in which it was stored. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“That was followed by two C-123 defoliation planes which sprayed Agent Orange in a circle around the base to the depth of one mile.”
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Against Nature
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MEC2 Lesson 131
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