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All fertiliser synonyms

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noun fertiliser

  • manure — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
  • compost — Compost is a mixture of decayed plants and vegetable waste which is added to the soil to help plants grow.
  • nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • enricher — One who enriches.
  • peat — a merry young girl; darling (used as a term of endearment).
  • dung — excrement, especially of animals; manure.
  • guano — a natural manure composed chiefly of the excrement of sea birds, found especially on islands near the Peruvian coast.
  • humus — the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.
  • maul — a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
  • mulch — a covering, as of straw, compost, or plastic sheeting, spread on the ground around plants to prevent excessive evaporation or erosion, enrich the soil, inhibit weed growth, etc.
  • potash — potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
  • buffalo chips — the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, especially by early settlers on the western plains.
  • cow chips — plural of cow chip.
  • peat moss — Also called bog moss. any moss, especially of the genus Sphagnum, from which peat may form.
  • plant food — nourishment, as fertilizer or chemicals, for plants.
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