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Answer for the clue "Is used in home gardens ", 8 letters:
rotenone

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rotenone is an odorless, colorless, crystalline isoflavone used as a broad-spectrum insecticide , piscicide , and pesticide . It occurs naturally in the seeds and stems of several plants, such as the jicama vine plant, and the roots of several members of ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An insecticide extracted from the roots of the plant derris; it is toxic to humans and other mammals

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube

Usage examples of rotenone.

Soap, rotenone, oil spray, or homemade chilli-onion-garlic spray can be used, as well as a dusting with diatomaceous earth.

I, William Seward, captain of this lushed up hashhead subway, will quell the Lock Ness monster with rotenone and cowboy the white whale.

To that end, biologists dumped several drums of a poison called rotenone into fifteen miles of creek.

At last the embarrassed Richard gave up and had Rotenone slipped into her soup.