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Fertilizer made of ground bones
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bonemeal
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bonemeal \bone"meal`\ n. ground bones, used as a fertilizer or as a component in animal feed; -- it is high in phosphate content.
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. fertilizer made of ground bones
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Alternatively you can use a handful of bonemeal or hoof and horn mixed with the soil. ▪ Dig the site before planting out in May, remove weeds and add a scattering of bonemeal . ▪ Fork garden compost or manure into the bottom ...
Usage examples of bonemeal.
Some organic fertilizers consist of plant meal, hoof and horn meal or bonemeal.
The home Of holiness, to lodge awhile in the Sanctuary of sanctity, my brothers, for here Peter died, seeing before he died The pagan world inverted to sanctitas, and The very flagged soil is rich with the bonemeal Of the martyrs.
There was a motion afoot to have the whole thing moved farther from town, anyway, and the bonemeal plant and salting works along with it.
Ants can be kept away by sprinkling bonemeal or diatomaceous earth (use a mask and goggles) around the base of the plants and by wrapping and banding the tree trunk or plant stem with a sticky substance or grease.
She had shopped there before, for sacks of bonemeal and ericaceous fertilizer to help her azaleas.
At first I took the pungent scent wafting from her clothes for bonemeal and thought she had been tending the knot garden.
From it I learned that I was lacking in calcium, so I put myself on bonemeal tablets and the problem I had disappeared.