Viricide

A viricide is any compound or agent which kills plants or animals in the Virid Kingdom. In common usage, a viricide is usually a chemical preparation used by farmers and householders to eradicate encroaching viridplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigVirid

Referring to the Virid Kingdom of flora and fauna, toxic to human life. vegetation, or to poison virid pests. Viricides are generally harmless to members of the Green Kingdom, though this is not always the case.

Ream moss excretes various verticidal compounds in its roots which are toxic to and inhibit the roots of virid plants. As such ream moss extract is one of the most commonly used verticides, since it is abundant and non-toxic to green life.