Fertilizer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010891",
  "term": "Fertilizer",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Substance that adds inorganic or organic plant nutrients to soil and improves its ability to grow crops, trees, or other vegetation. See organic fertilizer.\n\n2. A natural substance or chemical added to soil or land to increase its fertility and help plants grow.\n\n3. Nitrogen- and phosphate-rich chemical compounds that are used to increase the productivity of croplands; fertilizer production usually includes the use and disposal of petrochemicals.\n\n4. Substance that adds inorganic or organic plant nutrients to soil and improves its ability to grow crops, trees, or other vegetation.\n\n5. Any of a large number of natural or synthetic materials, including manure and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium compounds, spread on or worked into soil to increase its fertility.\n\n6. Natural substance or chemical added to soil or land to increase its fertility and help plants grow.",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions",
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary",
    "USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fertilizer/"
}