fertilizer

Meanings

• noun

  A substance or mixture of substances that is used to promote plant growth by supplying essential nutrients, especially nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, either naturally or artificially.

  - "The farmer applied fertilizer to the fields to increase crop yield."
  - "The garden store sold a variety of different types of fertilizer."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with fertilizer
miser , disperse , reverberse , terse , verse

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Variants

List of all variants of fertilizer that leads to same result
fertilizer , fertilizers , complete fertilizer , complete fertilizers

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Etymology

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Derived from the Latin word 'fertilis', meaning 'productive' or 'fertile'.

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Trivia

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1. Fertilizer was first used as early as 3000 BC in ancient civilizations such as China and Egypt.

2. The first industrial fertilizer plant was built in Germany in 1913.

3. The most commonly used fertilizers are nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, which are collectively known as NPK fertilizers.

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Related Concepts

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1. Nutrient: A substance that provides essential components, such as vitamins, minerals, or proteins, necessary for the growth, development, and maintenance of an organism or organ.

2. Soil: A mixture of organic matter, minerals, water, and air that provides the physical and chemical environment for the growth of plants.

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Culture

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In literature, fertilizer has been used as a metaphor for ideas or experiences that help ideas or people grow. In art, there are several pieces that depict the process of applying fertilizer to plants. In music, there is a popular country song titled 'Fertilizer' by Lee Ann Womack.

How to Memorize "fertilizer"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a bag of fertilizer being poured onto the soil around a plant. Visualize the nutrients in the fertilizer being absorbed by the plant's roots and the plant growing stronger as a result.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'fertilizer' with the word 'growth'. Remember that fertilizer helps plants grow by providing them with essential nutrients.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Fertilizer Feeds Foliage' to remember that fertilizer helps plants grow by providing them with essential nutrients.

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