phytocidal etymology

English word phytocidal comes from English phyto- (Pertaining to or derived from plants.), English -cidal

Detailed word origin of phytocidal

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
phyto- English (eng) Pertaining to or derived from plants.
-cidal English (eng) Used to make adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -cide.
phytocidal English (eng) That kills plants.

Words with the same origin as phytocidal

Descendants of phyto-
epiflora phytobacterial phytobiological phytocoenological phytoforensics phytogeography phytoglyphic phytol phytological phytomedicine phytomining phytomolecule phytophage phytophagic phytophagous phytophilous phytoprostane phytosaur phytotechnology phytotherapy
Descendants of -cidal
algacidal algaecidal androcidal candidacidal chronocidal cytocidal fungicidal liberticidal mildewcidal nematocidal pseudomonacidal sociocidal termiticidal toxoplasmacidal urbicidal zoocidal zymocidal