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n.

An insecticide composed of a genetically altered bacterium (Bacillus thuringiensis) that is used to control many kinds of caterpillars that are pests of ornamental, crop, and other plants.

[From New Latin B(acillus) t(huringiēnsis), species name.]


 
 

The common abbreviation for Bacillus thuringiensis. See also Bacillus.

 
 
 

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