noun
the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)
• Syn: ↑spraying
• Topics: ↑aircraft
• Hypernyms: ↑dispersion, ↑dispersal, ↑dissemination, ↑diffusion
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun : the application of fungicidal or insecticidal dusts to crops especially from an airplane
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/krop"dus'ting/, n.
the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
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cropˈ-dusting noun
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Main Entry: ↑crop
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crop-dusting UK US noun [uncountable] american
crop-spraying
Thesaurus: controlling weeds, insects and pestshyponym
Useful english dictionary. 2012.