chlordane

noun

Meaning

A very toxic chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon once used as an insecticide.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

chlordan(English)chlordene(English)oxychlordane(English)hexachlorocyclohexane(English)dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane(English)allyl chloride(English)organochlorine(English)dichlofenthion(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data

chlordane — meaning and etymology | WikiWord