plant food
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- noun
- /plænt fuːd/
:
fertilizante
- "As people turn to healthier diets containing more plant foods, we've got to meet the demand for more nutrients in those foods."
- wild plant food
- traditional plant food
- plant food resources
But in the spring and in the summer, I'll feed it with an organic, maybe in a Spoma liquid organic plant food and it will continue to put out new growth.
- But in the spring and in the summer, I'll feed it with an organic, maybe in a Spoma liquid organic plant food and it will continue to put out new growth.
- They do quite a bit with hydroponics, but they also do some dry food, some dry plant food supplements as well.
- And those things are going to basically give the plant food as it grows.
Examples
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There are many anti-nutrients in plant foods that inhibit the body from absorbing nutrients.
Blog text (30) -
Wild plant foods are high in fiber, slowly digested, and higher in nutrient density than cultivated varieties.
Academic text (2004) -
Where do you keep the plant food?
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We have the green thumb professional potting mix and it's got some peat and time release plant food and it's good stuff.
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To reach real leanness, it's going to take eating less fat and creating satiety with high-volume plant foods.
Blog text (7) -
JJ was given a bucket of tools: clippers, plant food, cotton balls, rubbing alcohol, and a water spritzer.
Fiction book (2002) -
To help her garden thrive, she uses a special plant food that provides essential nutrients.
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The instructions say to apply the plant food every two weeks for the best results.
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He mixed the plant food into the soil to ensure the flowers would grow healthy and strong.
Synonyms
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3.0
Something added to soil to help plants grow
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a substance that provides nutrients to plants' is directly derivable from combining 'plant' (the organism) with 'food' (something that nourishes). This noun–noun composition is a common, literal pattern in English (equivalent to 'food for plants' or 'fertilizer') and is cross‑linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Plant food paints a picture of feeding a plant like a pet, giving it special food to help it grow. That's why the phrase means 'a substance added to soil or water to help plants grow'.