superphosphate
Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
Also called triple superphosphate. a mixture prepared with phosphoric acid and containing about 45 percent of soluble phosphates, used as a fertilizer.
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superphosphate makes dark-colored, thick-leaved, stocky (p. 419) plants.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Good results will also follow an application of bone meal or superphosphate at the rate of from 300 to 500 pounds per acre.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. HunnCopperas or blue stone, kainite and superphosphate are sometimes used for the same purpose.
The First Book of Farming | Charles L. Goodrichsuperphosphate, in light applications, has increased sod and cover crop growth.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers AssociationWhen superphosphate is applied to the soil it is converted into an insoluble state.
Manures and the principles of manuring | Charles Morton Aikman
British Dictionary definitions for superphosphate
/ (ˌsuːpəˈfɒsfeɪt) /
a mixture of the diacid calcium salt of orthophosphoric acid Ca(H 2 PO 4) 2 with calcium sulphate and small quantities of other phosphates: used as a fertilizer
a salt of phosphoric acid formed by incompletely replacing its acidic hydrogen atoms; acid phosphate; hydrogen phosphate
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