"ameliorant" meaning in English

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        "A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil."
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          "soil",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Steven Laurence Kaplan, Good Bread Is Back:",
          "text": "[…] as an ameliorant used to facilitate work with flour lacking in elasticity.",
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        "Anything that improves something else."
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        "A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil."
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          "improving",
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