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GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a powder used for the extermination of insects; esp., the powdered flowers of certain species of Pyrethrum, a genus now merged in Chrysanthemum. Called also Persian powder.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a chemical used to kill insects

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  1. pesticide

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  1. Malathion
  2. Paris green
  1. lindane
  2. DDT
  1. lead arsenate
  2. rotenone
  1. pyrethrum
  2. larvacide
  1. organophosphate
  2. parathion
  1. dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

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  1. pyrethrum
  2. insect-gun
  1. persian powder
  2. powder-blower
  1. insecticide
  2. insect-flowers
  1. powder-gun
  2. buhach
  1. miller
  2. Paraiba

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