"lawn food" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lawn foods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} lawn food (usually uncountable, plural lawn foods)
  1. (informal) Fertilizer for grass. Tags: informal, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-lawn_food-en-noun-IkawMYPO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007 October 5, “Garden advice: Thorny problems”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2015-04-22",
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          "ref": "2015 April 14, Mary Hunt, “Secrets of a cheapskate gardener”, in twincities.com Pioneer Press, retrieved 2015-04-22",
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