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Webster 1913 Edition
Fertilizer
Fer′ti-lizer
,Noun.
1.
One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.
A. R. Wallace.
2.
That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial substances which make plants grow better, as manure, guano, phosphate of lime, ammonium nitrate, etc.
Definition 2024
fertilizer
fertilizer
English
Alternative forms
- (British) fertiliser
Noun
fertilizer (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizers)
- A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.
- A chemical compound created to have the same effect.
Derived terms
- over-fertilization
Related terms
Translations
a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
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a chemical compound created to have the same effect.
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