Agent Orange

A·gent Orange  (jnt)

n.

A herbicide containing trace amounts of the toxic contaminant dioxin that was used in the Vietnam War to defoliate areas of forest.

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[From the orange identifying strip on drums in which it was stored.]

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Agent Orange

n

(Military) a highly poisonous herbicide used as a spray for defoliation and crop destruction, esp by US forces during the Vietnam War

[named after the identifying colour stripe on its container]

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Agent Orange

A mixture of equal amounts of two herbicides known as 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, and trace amounts of the toxic contaminant dioxin (a byproduct of the manufacture of 2,4,5-T). It was used in the Vietnam War to defoliate areas of forest.

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Noun

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Agent Orange - a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas dioxin - any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides herbicide, weed killer, weedkiller - a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth