a group of organic insecticides, many of which are banned in the US and Europe
cyclodiene in American English
(ˌsaikləˈdaiin, -daiˈin)
noun
Chemistry
any of several organic chemicals having a chlorinated methylene group bonded to two carbon atoms of a 6-membered carbon ring, used commercially in insecticides
Word origin
[1940–45; cyclo- + diene]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blockbuster, redline, silkscreen, snorkel, whiteoutcyclo- is a combining form meaning “cycle,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix cyclo- include: cyclometer, cyclostome, cyclothymia, cyclotomy, cyclotron