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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Fertilizer

/fẽrt'-əl-īzˌ-ẽr/ · Fer·ti·lizer · IPA /ˈfɜːɹtəlaɪzəɹ/
01 n. One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.
  1. 1.
    One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.
  2. 2.
    That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial substances which make plants grow better, as manure, guano, phosphate of lime, ammonium nitrate, etc.