fertilizer, fertiliser, plant food
(noun) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fertilizer (countable and uncountable, plural fertilizers)
A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.
A chemical compound created to have the same effect.
Source: Wiktionary
Fer"ti*lizer, n.
1. One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace.
2. That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
