dioxin

English Thesaurus

1. any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	hydrocarbon,
definition	:	an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	agent orange,
definition	:	a herbicide used in the Vietnam War to defoliate forest areas (noun.substance)