Search Result for "fertilizer":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile;
[syn: fertilizer, fertiliser, plant food]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fertilizer \Fer"ti*lizer\, n. 1. One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. --A. R. Wallace. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
