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nounnourishment, as fertilizer or chemicals, for plants. Origin of plant foodFirst recorded in 1865–70 Words nearby plant foodPlant City, plant-cutter, Plante, planter, planter's punch, plant food, planthopper, plant hormone, plantigrade, Plantin, plant kingdom Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for plant foodThe acid phosphate on the market is rock-phosphate treated with sulphuric acid to render its plant-food available. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement|Alva Agee The organic sources of fertility, such as slaughter-house refuse, are containers of plant-food as surely as is stable manure. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement|Alva Agee But let that soil be water-soaked, and have the proper bacteria at work, and the material is in plant-food form. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.|Ellen Eddy Shaw The buyer of a ton of dried blood thus gets about 260 pounds of plant-food. Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement|Alva Agee
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