ameliorant

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noun

A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounameliorant (plural ameliorants)

plural ameliorants

  1. A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.
  2. Anything that improves something else.

    […] as an ameliorant used to facilitate work with flour lacking in elasticity.

    2006, Steven Laurence Kaplan, Good Bread Is Back

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APA

ameliorant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ameliorant

MLA

“ameliorant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ameliorant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ameliorant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ameliorant.

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