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bone meal

Or bonemeal

noun

Agriculture.
  1. bones ground to a coarse powder, used as fertilizer or feed.



bone meal

noun

  1. the product of dried and ground animal bones, used as a fertilizer or in stock feeds

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bone meal1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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