单词 | bonemeal |
释义 | bonemealn. Originally U.S. A coarse powder consisting of crushed or ground animal bones, used as a fertilizer and in animal feed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > use of other natural fertilizers > other natural fertilizers marl1280 pomacec1450 cod's head1545 buck-ashes1563 bucking-ashes1577 guano1604 greaves1614 rape cake1634 muck1660 wool-nipping1669 willow-earth1683 green dressing1732 bone flour1758 bone powder1758 poudrette1764 bone dust1771 green manure1785 fish-manure1788 wassal1797 lime-rubbish1805 Bude sand1808 bone1813 cancerine1840 inch-bones1846 bonemeal1849 silver sand1851 fish guano1857 food1857 terramare1866 kainite1868 fish-flour1879 soil1879 fish-scrap1881 gas lime1882 bean cake1887 inoculant1916 1849 Weekly Times (Delphi, Indiana) 28 Apr. Bone meal is now kept in Agricultural warehouses. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 401 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Bone-meal prepared by high-pressure steam contains not much less nitrogen than ordinary bone dust. 1940 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) x. 80 The guests..help bring the swill pails, add bone meal to the animals' fodder, or measure the dairy nuts for Princess. 1991 J. Smiley Thousand Acres viii. 51 I..dumped in the bonemeal mixture, then stripped the tomato plant's lower leaves and coiled it gently in the hole. 2006 Grow your Own July (Beginner's Guide to Growing Veg) 46 Bonemeal (NPK 3:20:0) is a rich source of slow-release phosphates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849 |
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