humic acid

noun

: any of various organic acids obtained from humus

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Consumers have the option of dozens of products — in drops, tablets, powders and pastes — that claim to provide the healing power of fulvic and humic acid. —

NBC News, 2 Dec. 2021 As humic acid is made more bio-available, weed seeds are much less likely to germinate. —

Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2020 All of it has darkened somewhat because of the development of humic acids. —

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Science | AAAS, 18 Feb. 2020

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