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nitrolime
nitrolime n.
Brit. 
/ˈnʌɪtrə(ʊ)lʌɪm/
, /ˈnʌɪtrə(ʊ)lʌɪm/U.S. /ˈnaɪtrəˌlaɪm/
(also nitrolim) a fertilizer consisting wholly or chiefly of calcium cyanamide./ˈnaɪtrəˌlaɪm/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > chemical fertilizer > specific
manure1744
plaster of Paris1787
superphosphate1843
nitrate1846
super1891
Nitragin1896
complete fertilizer1904
nitrolime1908
Nitrochalk1927
Sequestrene1949
Krilium1952
1908 Trans. Faraday Soc. 4 104 A great outcry was, and still is, made warning farmers against the use of calcium cyanamide, popularly known as nitrolim, or at least advising that it should be employed with the utmost caution.
1923 J. Hendrick Farmer's Raw Materials x. 156 When nitrolim is applied to the soil its nitrogen quickly turns to ammonia, and the ammonia in turn changes to nitrate.
1998 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 15 Earthworms disappear and matted turf forms... A light liming and use of nitrolime will usually help.
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