Dormant oil

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A refined, mineral oil used as a nontoxic Insecticide. In agriculture, dormant oil is used to coat plants during the winter, or dormant season, when it can suffocate the insects without killing the plant.

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refined mineral oil

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Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

Dormant oil

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Dormant oil

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