plant food
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plant food
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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To keep them lasting longer than your New Years resolutions, you should add plant food to your poinsettias each month, Adam says.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
Unfortunately, bitter taste evolved to protect us from poisons and possibly from over-eating one single plant food.
From Salon • Jan. 3, 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
Sometimes he put these little sticks of plant food in the dirt.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
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