bordeaux mixture

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   antifungal agent consisting of a solution of copper sulphate and quicklime

   Broaderantifungal

Questions about bordeaux mixture

What does bordeaux mixture mean?

bordeaux mixture means "antifungal agent consisting of a solution of copper sulphate and quicklime".

Is bordeaux mixture a common word?

bordeaux mixture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.