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commercial fertilizer
fertilizer manufactured chemically, as distinguished from natural fertilizer, as manure. -
guano
a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast. -
complete fertilizer
a fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, the three principal elements required for plant nutrition. -
superphosphate
Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer. -
ammonification
infusion with ammonia or ammonium compounds -
ammonite
any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, which were common in Mesozoic times and generally had a coiled partitioned shell. Their closest modern relative is the pearly nautilus