Bordeaux mixture
nounEtymology
From Bordeaux in France, where it is used on vines.
Definitions
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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