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    PLANT FOOD

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertileplay

    Synonyms:

    fertiliser; fertilizer; plant food

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("plant food" is a kind of...):

    chemical; chemical substance (material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)

    Meronyms (substance of "plant food"):

    soda niter; sodium nitrate ((NaNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive)

    niter; nitre; potassium nitrate; saltpeter; saltpetre ((KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive)

    ammonium nitrate (used as an explosive and fertilizer and rocket propellant)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plant food"):

    organic; organic fertiliser; organic fertilizer (a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter)

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