Fertilizer - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Fertilizer :  (noun)

1: any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile [syn: fertiliser, plant food]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

2. That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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