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- noun Plural form of
phytocide .
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Examples
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Trees give off airborne chemicals called phytocides that protect them from rotting and insects - but also cause 50-percent spikes in the production of white blood cells in humans that last for up to a week.
Marta Hallowell: Pave Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot 2010
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Trees give off airborne chemicals called phytocides that protect them from rotting and insects - but also cause 50 percent spikes in the production of white blood cells in humans that last for up to a week.
Marta Hallowell: Pave Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot 2010
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The City currently preserves 198 community gardens in the Parks Department's Green-Thumb program, but under new rules being written as we speak, it is not clear that these oases of green (and phytocides) will continue to enjoy that protection.
Marta Hallowell: Pave Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot 2010
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The City currently preserves 198 community gardens in the Parks Department's Green-Thumb program, but under new rules being written as we speak, it is not clear that these oases of green (and phytocides) will continue to enjoy that protection.
Marta Hallowell: Pave Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot 2010
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