Definition of Fertilizer

Fertilizer

One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.

That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.

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Fertilizer Quotations

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the mechanism that made it all work in the first place.
David R. Brower

Among the many important provisions in the energy bill are the creation of an estimated half million new jobs, increased oil production, blackout protection, controlling fertilizer costs by stabilizing natural gas prices and enacting new efficiency benchmarks.
Paul Gillmor

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.
Rick Pitino

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers.
John Shimkus

Programs that pay farmers not to farm often devastate rural areas. The reductions hurt everyone from fertilizer companies to tractor salesmen.
Dick Armey

I wish I had more hair on my head. Maybe if I sprinkled fertilizer on it, it would grow.
Kylie Bax

I wish we could do something useful with tobacco - like making fertilizer out of it.
Paul Dudley White

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Fertilizer Translations

fertilizer in Dutch is mest
fertilizer in French is fumier, engrais
fertilizer in Portuguese is fertilizante
fertilizer in Spanish is fertilizante

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