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| ammonification |
infusion with ammonia or an ammonium compound, as in the production of fertilizer. [1/2 definitions] |
| ammonite2 |
a nitrogenous mixture that consists mainly of dried animal fats, used as a fertilizer. |
| ammonium sulfate |
a water-soluble salt, used mainly to purify water and as a fertilizer. |
| bone meal |
bones that have been coarsely ground, used as fertilizer and animal feed. |
| calcium cyanamide |
a white powder used mainly as a fertilizer or weed killer; cyanamide. |
| compost |
a mixture of decaying organic matter, such as dead leaves or manure, that is used as fertilizer or mulch. [1/4 definitions] |
| cottonseed |
the seed of the cotton plant, used to produce an oil, fertilizer, and animal food. |
| cottonseed meal |
meal made from the cottonseed after the hull and oil are removed, used as fertilizer and feed. |
| cowpea |
an annual vine plant that bears long seed pods, grown in the southern United States as feed for domestic animals and as a fertilizer. [1/2 definitions] |
| dolomite |
a usu. gray, pink, or white mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, used esp. as a construction material and a fertilizer. [1/2 definitions] |
| fertilize |
to spread fertilizer over (a planted area). [1/3 definitions] |
| fish meal |
meal made of dried ground fish or fish parts, used in animal feed and as fertilizer. |
| guano |
the nitrogen-rich excrement of sea birds or bats, used as fertilizer. [1/2 definitions] |
| manure |
the waste matter of animals, esp. that of cows and horses, used as a fertilizer. Manure is often mixed with other organic materials such as straw. [1/2 definitions] |
| menhaden |
an inedible fish related to the herring, found in the western Atlantic Ocean and used for bait and for making oil and fertilizer. |
| muck |
to spread muck as fertilizer on. [1/7 definitions] |
| night soil |
fertilizer composed of human excrement. |
| niter |
a whitish salt, potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate, used in gunpowder or fertilizer; saltpeter. |
| nitrate |
potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate used as fertilizer. [1/3 definitions] |
| nitrogen |
any mixture containing organic compounds of nitrogen, used as a fertilizer. [1/3 definitions] |
| oil cake |
a compressed cake of ground linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted, used as feed or fertilizer. |
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