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di•quat
(dī′kwot),USA pronunciation n.
- Botany, Pest Controla yellow crystalline substance, C12H12Br2N2, used as a selective postemergence herbicide to control weeds on noncrop land and for aquatic weed control.
- di-1 + quat(ernary) 1955–60