green manure

noun

Any fairly green (fresh and wet) plant matter that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility; especially, a cover crop that is plowed in.

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Meanings

noungreen manure (usually uncountable, plural green manures)

plural green manures

  1. uncountableusuallyAny fairly green (fresh and wet) plant matter that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility; especially, a cover crop that is plowed in.

    There are, broadly speaking, two classes of green manures, viz.:—Leguminous and others.

    1901 June 21, Alex Pardy, “Green Manuring”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 6, page 242

Translations

Finnish viherlannoitus
  • viherlannoitusa crop that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility
Italian sovesciare
  • sovesciarea crop that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility
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APA

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Chicago

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