side-dress·ing | \ ˈsīd-ˌdre-siŋ 
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or sidedressing or side dressing
Definition of side-dressing
: plant nutrients (such as fertilizer) used to side-dress a crop also : the act of practice of applying side-dressing
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The first known use of side-dressing was in 1888
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