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defoliants, chemical (medicine)


defoliants, chemical
Herbicides that remove leaves from trees and growing plants. They may be either organic or inorganic. Several of the more persistent types have been used in military operations and many are toxic.


Nilo- (iou)



Nilo- combining form.
[from NILE + -O-.]
Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense 'of or pertaining to the Nile or the region of the Nile', esp. in names of language groups common to inhabitants of the region of the Nile and of some Other specified region.
Nilo-'Hamite noun a member of a Nilotic people M20.
Nilo-Ha'mitic adjective & noun (a) adjective = NILOTIC adjective 2; (b) noun = NILOTIC noun 2: M19.
Nilo-Sa'haran adjective of or pertaining to the regions of the Nile and the Sahara; spec. of or designating a language family including Sudanic and Other northern and E. African Languages: M20.