agrichemical, a. and n.
(ægrɪˈkɛmɪkəl)
[f. agricultural a. + chemical a.]
A. adj. Agricultural and chemical; of or pertaining to agrichemicals. B. n. A chemical used or produced in agriculture; also, = agrochemical n.
| 1958 (periodical title) Agrichemical west. 1962 Sci. News Let. 3 Nov. 291/2 Synthetic foods may become the largest of all the agri-chemical industries. 1964 Agrichem. West Dec. 30/1 Agrichemicals themselves are already subject to very special investigations. 1965 Ibid. Sept. 30/2 A couple of journalists at Wisconsin shook up the agrichemical fraternity..when they discovered that..farmers do not understand the terms commonly used on pesticide labels. 1967 N. Shreve Chem. Process Industries (ed. 3) xxvi. 473 Farm products would be impossible..without farm equipment and supplies, of which agrichemicals2 are an important part. [Note] 2Term adopted by the author to encompass the chemicals used in agriculture, and its related supplying, processing, and distributing industries. 1973 D. I. B. Vander Hoover in Y. Pomeranz Industr. Uses of Cereals 259 (heading) Industrial and agrichemical utilization of corncobs. 1985 Marketing Mag. (N.Z.) July 28/2 The campaign..involves a variety of products—animal health remedies and agri-chemical products. |