bordeaux mixture in English
noun
1
a fungicide for vines, fruit trees, and other plants composed of equal quantities of copper sulfate and calcium oxide in water.
Some prominent inorganic pesticides include Bordeaux mixture , a complex fungicide with several copper-based active ingredients, used for fruit and vegetable crops.
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1. Bordeaux mixture, made from copper sulphate and slaked lime, used in agriculture as a fungicide;
2. Copper(II) hydroxide has been used as an alternative to the Bordeaux mixture, a fungicide and nematicide.