maleic hydrazide
- noun
- /məˈleɪɪk haɪˈdræzaɪd/
- Specialized
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hidrazida maleica
- Researchers found that maleic hydrazide effectively controls unwanted sprouting in potatoes.
Examples
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The use of maleic hydrazide is strictly regulated to ensure food safety.
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Residual maleic hydrazide in crops must be monitored to protect consumers' health.
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Farmers often use maleic hydrazide to control weeds.
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Did you know that maleic hydrazide is effective against certain pests?
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Researchers found that maleic hydrazide effectively controls unwanted sprouting in potatoes.
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Residual maleic hydrazide in crops must be monitored to protect consumers' health.
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The use of maleic hydrazide is strictly regulated to ensure food safety.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is a compositional chemical name: combining 'maleic' (pertaining to maleic acid) with 'hydrazide' (a class of nitrogen-containing compounds) clearly indicates a specific chemical derivative, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it is a chemical compound. However, the precise functional information (that it is used as a herbicide and plant growth regulator) is specialized and not directly predictable from the parts, so the transparency is partial rather than full.
Etymology
Maleic hydrazide gets its name from two parts: maleic may come from a word for 'apple' because a related acid was first found in apples, and hydrazide shows it comes from chemicals made from 'hydrazine', a lab chemical with nitrogen. So the name tells you its chemical family and helps explain why maleic hydrazide is used to control plant growth.
