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Fertilizer vs Maerl - What's the difference?

fertilizer | maerl |

As nouns the difference between fertilizer and maerl

is that fertilizer is a natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants while maerl is two or three species of calcareous algae in the Corallinaceae family, that grow on the seabed.

fertilizer

English

(wikipedia fertilizer)

Alternative forms

* (British ) fertiliser

Noun

  • A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.
  • A chemical compound created to have the same effect.

    • Derived terms

    * over-fertilization

    Related terms

    * fertilize

    See also

    * dung * manure

    maerl

    English

    Noun

    (usually as a collective noun )
  • Two or three species of calcareous algae in the Corallinaceae family, that grow on the seabed.
  • A fertilizer derived from this algae.

    • Anagrams

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