Look up: Fertilizer

1. fertilizer
   [n] - any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
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2. fertilizer
   Substance applied to soil or hydroponic systems for improving the root nutrition of plants with the aim of increasing crop yields and (or) controlling production.
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3. fertilizer
   any substance containing a nitrogen compound or nitrogen compounds utilised on land to enhance growth of vegetation; it may include livestock manure, the residues from fish farms and sewage sludge Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • any fertilizer wh...
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4. 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 manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.
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5. fertilizer
   fertiliser noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
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6. Fertilizer
   • (n.) That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc. • (n.) One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.
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7. fertilizer
   natural or artificial substance containing the chemical elements that improve growth and productiveness of plants. Fertilizers enhance the natural ... [27 related articles]
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8. Fertilizer
   Substance that adds inorganic or organic plant nutrients to soil and improves its ability to grow crops, trees, or other vegetation. See organic fertilizer, fertilizationFlaring
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9. Fertilizer
   Substance that adds inorganic or organic nutrients to soil for the purpose of increasing the growth of crops, trees, or other vegetation.
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10. fertilizer
    fertilizer, organic or inorganic material containing one or more of the nutrients—mainly nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and other essential elements required for plant growth. Added to the soil or other medium, fertilizers provide plant nutrients that are naturally lacking or that have b...
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11. fertilizer
    Substance containing some or all of a range of about 20 chemical elements necessary for healthy plant growth, used to compensate for the deficiencies of poor or depleted soil. Fertilizers may be organic, for example farmyard manure, composts, bonemeal, blood, and fishmeal; or inorganic (synthetic or artificial), in the form of simple compounds,...
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12. Fertilizer
    A synthetic or organic substance used to provide plants with the required nutrients for vegetative growth, development and flowering.
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