plant food

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [plant, plahnt food]
- /plænt, plɑnt fud/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [plant, plahnt food]
- /plænt, plɑnt fud/

Definitions of plant food words

noun plant food nourishment, as fertilizer or chemicals, for plants. 1
noun plant food any substance, such a mixture of nitrates, added to soil or water to increase its productivity 0

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Origin of plant food

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70

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Parts of speech for Plant food

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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plant food popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

plant food usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for plant food

noun plant food

buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
cow chip — A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.
cow chips — plural of cow chip.
fertilizer — any substance used to fertilize the soil, especially a commercial or chemical manure.
guano — a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.

All 8 Synonyms of plant food