cottonseed meal

American  

noun

1. cotton cake when pulverized.

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cottonseed meal British  

noun

1. the residue of cottonseed kernels from which oil has been extracted, used as fodder or fertilizer

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Etymology

Origin of cottonseed meal

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

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Example Sentences

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cottonseed meal

To increase the availability of other types of animal feed, China’s customs authority removed inspection requirements on a variety of agricultural byproducts, including peanut meal, cottonseed meal and rapeseed meal.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2018

Aside from a little lime and cottonseed meal, the garden needed no fertilizer other than the decaying mulch.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2017

She estimates that a 150- to 200-pound person will produce six pounds of nitrogen, two pounds of phosphorus and one pound of potassium: the same 6-2-1 ratio of cottonseed meal fertilizer.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2016

Ironically, some ranchers, short of plain cottonseed meal, had even stood in line to get the poisoned pellets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until recently I have always thought that it would injure a plant to set it in soil to which cottonseed meal had been lately applied.

From The Cauliflower by A. A. (Arthur Alger) Crozier

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