plant food

noun

Synonyms of plant foodnext
1
: food sense 1b
2
: fertilizer

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Made from vital wheat gluten, seitan is one of the highest-protein plant foods available. — Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 29 July 2025 Keep them moist and fed regularly with a high-nitrogen, water-soluble plant food. — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025 Fiber is an indigestible nutrient that's concentrated in most plant foods. — Jillian Kubala, Health, 10 July 2025 Not to mention the positive influence of plant foods on your gut microbiome, or the community of microbes living in your colon. — Erica Sloan, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plant food

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First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of plant food was in 1853

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plant food

noun
1
: food sense 2b
2
: fertilizer

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