menazon

[ men-uh-zon ]
/ ˈmɛn əˌzɒn /

noun Chemistry.

a colorless, crystalline compound, C6H12N5O2PS2, used as a systemic insecticide, especially for control of aphids.

Origin of menazon

1960–65; me(thyl) + (ami)n(o)- + (tri)az(ine) + (thi)on(ate)

Words nearby menazon

menaquinone, menaquinone , menarche, menasha, menat, menazon, menchú, mencius, mencken, mencken, h. l., mend