Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical plant growth regulator, C6H12N2O3, formerly used to increase the storage life of fruit, especially apples, and currently used to control growth and flowering of commercially grown ornamental plants.
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- noun a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Consumers Union criticized the FDA for using antiquated and insensitive laboratory techniques that could not measure Alar below 500 parts per billion ppb, stating in Consumer Reports: "Looking for daminozide [Alar's a trade name] in apple juice with PAM II [the test method used by FDA] is like trying to catch speeders with a radar gun that doesn't work for speeds under 100 mph."
Wendy Gordon: The True Alar Story III Wendy Gordon 2011
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Consumers Union criticized the FDA for using antiquated and insensitive laboratory techniques that could not measure Alar below 500 parts per billion ppb, stating in Consumer Reports: "Looking for daminozide [Alar's a trade name] in apple juice with PAM II [the test method used by FDA] is like trying to catch speeders with a radar gun that doesn't work for speeds under 100 mph."
Wendy Gordon: The True Alar Story III Wendy Gordon 2011
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Consumers Union criticized the FDA for using antiquated and insensitive laboratory techniques that could not measure Alar below 500 parts per billion ppb, stating in Consumer Reports: "Looking for daminozide [Alar's a trade name] in apple juice with PAM II [the test method used by FDA] is like trying to catch speeders with a radar gun that doesn't work for speeds under 100 mph."
Wendy Gordon: The True Alar Story III Wendy Gordon 2011
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Consumers Union criticized the FDA for using antiquated and insensitive laboratory techniques that could not measure Alar below 500 parts per billion ppb, stating in Consumer Reports: "Looking for daminozide [Alar's a trade name] in apple juice with PAM II [the test method used by FDA] is like trying to catch speeders with a radar gun that doesn't work for speeds under 100 mph."
Wendy Gordon: The True Alar Story III Wendy Gordon 2011
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Consumers Union criticized the FDA for using antiquated and insensitive laboratory techniques that could not measure Alar below 500 parts per billion ppb, stating in Consumer Reports: "Looking for daminozide [Alar's a trade name] in apple juice with PAM II [the test method used by FDA] is like trying to catch speeders with a radar gun that doesn't work for speeds under 100 mph."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Wendy Gordon 2011
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The program was launched in 1990 to answer congressional concerns over the use of the chemical daminozide, or Alar, on apples.
Cornucopia Institute 2008
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