Complete Definition of "fertiliser"

English

Alternative spellings
fertilizer

Noun
fertiliser (uncountable and countable; plural: fertilisers)

  1. A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants
  2. A chemical compound (or mixture of compounds) created to have the same affect as (1)

Translations
Danish: gødning c (1); kunstgødning c (2)
Dutch: mest m (1), kunstmest m (2)
Finnish: lannoite
French: engrais
German: Dünger m (1), Düngemittel n (1), Handelsdünger m (2)
Ido: dungo
Romanian: îngr���mânt n (1), fertilizator n (2)

See also
dung
manure
over-fertilisation - Bad thing for lakes and other bodies of water

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