night soil

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Recent Examples of night soil This strategy became necessary after an errant tomato plant sprouted from a visitor's night soil back in the 1960s. Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023 The night soil temperatures are not ideal to put them out yet. oregonlive, 1 May 2021 For millennia, people collected these precious substances—often in the wee hours, giving rise to the term night soil—and used them to grow food. Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for night soil
Noun
  • Take hydrangeas, a happy flower millions of years old that grows well in soil but wilts quickly when cut.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Gently lift it from the ground, and remove any loose soil from the roots as well as dead leaves or stems.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Participants self-reported their mental health symptoms and soda intake, and researchers analyzed stool samples to assess their gut bacteria.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • While the restaurant has a tiny upstairs salon, the best way to enjoy Borsam's lahmacun is perched on a stool inside or outside by a window, watching the vibrant foot traffic of the neighborhoods pass by.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One day, his dad, Brian (Palin), shares an old recipe involving rainwater, horse manure and alchemy to create Homunculi – magical prophesying spirits that can predict the future.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Animal manure is typically kept on site, which plays a significant role in air quality, according to the study.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sweeties also sells funky sodas (like grass and Martian-poop flavored,) as well as unique chocolate cigar candies and lollypops with ants in them.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The less glamorous side — the poop shoveled, the low wages — is rarely shown.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Like similar toilets, the bowl area is lined with a bag-like film that catches excrement and urine.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Evidence of damage includes chewed, cut or missing leaves; yellowing or brown leaves; white webbing and green-black excrement on or around the plant, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Night soil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/night%20soil. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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