ORGANIC FERTILISER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter

Synonyms:

organic; organic fertiliser; organic fertilizer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("organic fertiliser" is a kind of...):

fertiliser; fertilizer; plant food (any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "organic fertiliser"):

bonemeal (fertilizer made of ground bones)

neem cake (residue after oil is pressed from neem seeds)

manure (any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material)

fish meal (ground dried fish used as fertilizer and as feed for domestic livestock)

guano (the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer)