Garden Dictionary Word: paradichlorobenzene

paradichlorobenzene

A white crystalline compound used in moth balls and moth crystals and often placed with herbarium specimens to prevent destruction by moth larvae. Large quantities in a closed container may be used to kill insects needed as part of sample.

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