plant food
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plant food
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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It's also important to "feed" them at this time by adding plant food to the soil to ensure they have enough nutrients.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
Declines in plant food quality are most likely to affect places where nutrients already are scarce and animals struggle now to meet their nutritional needs.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024
Hauling tons of sugar into space as plant food may not make much sense, but recent advances in synthesizing sugars in electrolyzers may make that unnecessary.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 7, 2023
He would respond to online orders placed on his website, PlantFoodUSA.Net., which posed as a site for plant food, prosecutors said.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2022
Even though most of Japan escaped the glaciers that blanketed Britain and Canada, Japan was still cold, dry, and extensively covered with conifer and birch forests offering little plant food to humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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