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There is no doubt that some plant food, such as oatmeal, is more economical than meat, and superior to it in regard to both mechanical and mental performance. Such food, moreover, taxes our digestive organs decidedly less, and, in making us more contented and sociable, produces an amount of good difficult to estimate.
Nikola Tesla

Meaning of "plant food" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLANT FOOD

plant food  [plɑːnt fuːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLANT FOOD

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plant food is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLANT FOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

plant food

Fertilizer

Fertilizer (or fertiliser) is any organic or inorganic material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is added to soil to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants. Conservative estimates report 30 to 50% of crop yields are attributed to natural or synthetic commercial fertilizer. Global market value is likely to rise to more than US$185 billion until 2019. The European fertilizer market will grow to earn revenues of approx. €15.3 billion in 2018. Mined inorganic fertilizers have been used for many centuries, whereas chemically synthesized inorganic fertilizers were only widely developed during the industrial revolution. Increased understanding and use of fertilizers were important parts of the pre-industrial British Agricultural Revolution and the industrial Green Revolution of the 20th century. Inorganic fertilizer use has also significantly supported global population growth — it has been estimated that almost half the people on the Earth are currently fed as a result of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use.

Definition of plant food in the English dictionary

The definition of plant food in the dictionary is any substance, such a mixture of nitrates, added to soil or water to increase its productivity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLANT FOOD


attitude
ˈætɪˌtjuːd
brainfood
ˈbreɪnˌfuːd
continued
kənˈtɪnjuːd
dogfood
ˈdɒɡˌfuːd
dude
duːd
exclude
ɪkˈskluːd
fast-food
fɑːst fuːd
food
fuːd
Frankenfood
ˈfræŋkənˌfuːd
include
ɪnˈkluːd
latitude
ˈlætɪˌtjuːd
longitude
ˈlɒndʒɪˌtjuːd
mood
muːd
nonfood
ˌnɒnˈfuːd
nude
njuːd
oud
uːd
seafood
ˈsiːˌfuːd
superfood
ˈsuːpəˌfuːd
wholefood
ˈhəʊlˌfuːd
you´d
juːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLANT FOOD

plant
plant agreement
plant bargaining
plant breeder
plant cost
plant kingdom
plant life
plant louse
plant out
plant pot
plant-hire firm
planta
plantable
plantage
Plantagenet
plantaginaceous
plantain
plantain lily
plantain-eater
plantar

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLANT FOOD

baby food
bar food
cat food
comfort food
convenience food
diet food
dog food
fast food
finger food
frozen food
fusion food
genetically modified food
health food
junk food
party food
pet food
pub food
rabbit food
skin food
slow food
soul food

Synonyms and antonyms of plant food in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plant food» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLANT FOOD

Find out the translation of plant food to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plant food from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plant food» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

植物性食物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alimentos de origen vegetal
570 millions of speakers

English

plant food
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खाद्य संयंत्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغذاء النباتي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

растительная пища
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alimentos vegetais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্ভিদ খাদ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la nourriture des plantes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Makanan tumbuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pflanzennahrung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

肥料
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식물 음식
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tanduran panganan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thức ăn thực vật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாவர உணவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वनस्पती अन्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gübre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alimento vegetale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

roślin żywności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рослинна їжа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alimente de plante
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυτικών τροφίμων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plant kos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

växtnäring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plante mat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plant food

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLANT FOOD»

The term «plant food» is regularly used and occupies the 72.632 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLANT FOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «plant food» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «plant food» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plant food

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QUOTES WITH «PLANT FOOD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plant food.
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Nikola Tesla
There is no doubt that some plant food, such as oatmeal, is more economical than meat, and superior to it in regard to both mechanical and mental performance. Such food, moreover, taxes our digestive organs decidedly less, and, in making us more contented and sociable, produces an amount of good difficult to estimate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLANT FOOD»

Discover the use of plant food in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plant food and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Plant Food Phytochemicals: Sources, Stability ...
The Handbook of Plant Food Phytochemicals provides a comprehensive overview of the occurrence, significance and factors effecting phytochemicals in plant foods. A key of objective of the book is to critically evaluate these aspects.
Brijesh K. Tiwari, Nigel P. Brunton, Charles Brennan, 2013
2
Food Plant Design
It provides the work procedures and techniques for solving the design problems of a food processing plant and in making a defined food product.
Antonio Lopez-Gomez, Gustavo V. Barbosa-Canovas, 2005
3
Plant Food Allergens
In order to study the complex problems of food allergy a EU funded network, called PROTALL was set up, bringing together a wide range of clinicians and scientists. This important book is largely based on the outcome of its investigations.
E. N. Clare Mills, Peter R. Shewry, 2008
4
Food Plant Sanitation: Design, Maintenance, and Good ...
Understanding that sanitation is integral to food safety is the foundation for an effective food safety system. Beginning with that premise, this book presents some of the key components for such a system.
Michael M. Cramer, 2013
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Food Plant Sanitation
The book is unique from others on the topic in that it features the perspectives of more than 30 food safety experts from government, academia, and the food industry.
Y. H. Hui, L. Bernard Bruinsma, J. Richard Gorham, 2002
6
Molecular Biotechnology for Plant Food Production
The first single volume reference on the use of genetic engineering and molecular biology for plant food production, this book provides basic to in-depth approaches at the molecular level combining agricultural technology with food science ...
Octavio Paredes-Lopez, 1999
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Plant-Provided Food for Carnivorous Insects: A Protective ...
This book, first published in 2005, addresses another category of food-mediated interactions, focusing on how plants employ foods to recruit arthropod 'bodyguards' as a protection against herbivores.
F. L. Wäckers, P. C. J. van Rijn, J. Bruin, 2005
8
You're Plant Food!
Your school trip to the Botanical Gardens turns out to be a bit more thrilling than you bargained for.From the very outset, those posters warning of a deadly plant virus and the dilapidated entrance make you a tiny bit uneasy.But your ...
R. L. Stine, 2001
9
Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples: ...
Book describing and referencing the published literature on the nutritional properties, the botanical characteristics and the ethnic uses of traditional food plants of Indigenous Canadian Peoples.
Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Nancy J. Turner, 1991
10
Plant Food
Matthew Kenney, Meredith Baird. paths were even more aligned than before. We were not only committed to advancing plantbased cuisine, but also to doing it at a level that could compete with any cuisine in the world, not just that made from ...
Matthew Kenney, Meredith Baird, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLANT FOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plant food is used in the context of the following news items.
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In bloom this week: Orchids
... and treat no more than once a month with plant food or special orchid nutrition. They also love humidity so you could put them in a double pot ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Freedom should be used to serve one another | Opinion | The Press …
I already had a pitcher out from filling up the washing machine so I filled it up again and added some plant food. I went outside and poured the ... «Collection Today, Jul 15»
3
Nine-year-old grows massive cabbage for upcoming school year …
Bonnie Plant's student growing guide suggested to feed the plant with Bonnie Herb and Vegetable Plant Food, or another all-purpose fertilizer, ... «Fulton Sun, Jul 15»
4
Agriculture: How to Grow Pumpkins
... with the help of a pump, water is sucked up from the pond into pipes. Then, sand filters trash out of the water, and a “plant food” is added to it. «CaryCitizen, Jul 15»
5
Metairie garden thrives in hottest part of year
As for fertilizing and feeding, Porter adds a little time-release plant food like Osmocote three or four times a year. And even though McKeogh ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
6
Things we love -- See!
Sure looks like plant food to me, Seymour! A hapless flower shop worker raises a carnivorous plant that feasts on humans in the comedy horror ... «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Jul 15»
7
Comparing Nuclear War with Industrial Agriculture
... after the introduction of contemporary industrial agriculture techniques, such as what Al Krebs referred to above as “pesticides” or “plant food” ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
8
Seed Pods product will launch at Glee
... materials to help retain seed moisture and protect the seed and plant food to deliver essential nutrition and promote root development. «Horticulture Week, Jul 15»
9
Drug epidemic trends
They were buying products intentionally mis-labeled as bath salts and plant food or known by such other names as K2 and synthetic marijuana. «The Harlan Daily Enterprise, Jul 15»
10
Free BBQ charcoal from Homebase
... barbecue brands, quality garden tools, beautiful garden plants and pots, and essential maintenance items such as hoses and plant food. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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