phosphorus
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈfɑsfərəs/
- Specialized
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fósforo
- Plants as we know them also need a range of nutrients they normally get from soil, most importantly nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
- phosphorus, nitrogen
- phosphorus and potassium
- soil phosphorus
I mean all, all, all plants and animals need phosphorus for growth.
- I mean all, all, all plants and animals need phosphorus for growth.
- You just see the claymore with a white phosphorus hitting those troops.
- All the plant needs to grow is nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
- Israel responds with Hellfire missiles, white phosphorus bombs.
- Bacon's also a great source of phosphorus.
- They just used the fifth round has phosphorus in it, so when it shoots, it glows as it goes through the air.
- Those elements, the phosphorus in our DNA, they, they all came from stars, from nuclear reactions in stars.
- We take adenosine diphosphate, ADP and we add a phosphorus to it to make it ATP, and then we run all of our
- What has more phosphorus than Swiss Chard, more vitamin A than kale, and more selenium than beet greens?
- And then all this phosphorus basically choked the oceans and made them super cold and a without oxygen, a oxy.
- Nutrients are minerals found in the soil, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium.
Examples
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Other nutrients, including phosphorus and potassium, are also necessary, but are not usually limiting.
Academic text (1999) -
Sawgrass and other plants thrive in soils low in phosphorus, nitrogen, and other nutrients.
Academic text (1994) -
I mean all, all, all plants and animals need phosphorus for growth.
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It's going to take up more phosphorus than nitrogen.
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Also, there is phosphorus in cola drinks.
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Other countries use a standard based on phosphorus, and farmers anticipate similar requirements here.
Academic text (1996) -
All the plant needs to grow is nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
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A significant source of phosphorus is manure waste from commercial livestock, poultry, and fish farms.
Academic text (1996) -
The problem starts when erosion transports soil containing phosphorus from agricultural fields into lakes and streams.
Academic text (1996) -
Plants need phosphorus to maintain healthy growth and develop properly.
Synonyms
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4.8
The chemical symbol for phosphorus, a reactive element used in fertilizers
A chemical element used in fertilizers and found in plants and bones
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word phosphorus comes from the Greek phosphoros, meaning 'light-bringer', because some forms of the element glow in the dark and the related word phosphorescent still means 'giving off light'. So the element was named for this glowing quality, and today phosphorus is the name of the chemical element that is important for bones and is used in things like matches.