Bordeaux mixture
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Bordeaux mixture
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Calque of French bouillie bordelaise, after Bordeaux in France, where it is used on vines.
noun Bordeaux mixtures
- A mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide. Reports are coming to hand from a very large number of districts as to the success which has attended the use of the Bordeaux mixture (sulphate of copper and lime) as a preventive of potato disease.
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noun copper sulphate and lime mixture
| Français | bouillie bordelaise |
|---|---|
| Italiano | poltiglia bordolese |
| Română | zeamă bordeleză |
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