"plant food" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plant foods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} plant food (countable and uncountable, plural plant foods)
  1. Commercially available nutrients intended to enhance the growth of plants, especially in gardens. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-plant_food-en-noun-K2SxCT9H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
  2. Food from plants. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-plant_food-en-noun-vtxDlUns

Inflected forms

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