plant_food (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *plant food*:
NOUN	substance	plant food, fertilizer, fertiliser	any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile

English > *plant food*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile.
Synonyms	fertilizer, fertiliser
Narrower	organic, organic fertilizer, organic fertiliser	A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter
Broader	chemical, chemical substance	Material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
Substances	ammonium nitrate	Used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant
	potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre, niter, nitre	(KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
	sodium nitrate, soda niter	(NaNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive
Spanish	abono, abono orgánico, fertilizante, fertilizantes
Catalan	adob, fertilitzant

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