green manure
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.
Noun
green manure (usually uncountable, plural green manures)
- 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.
- 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
green manure meaning in Tamil and Kannada
green manure in Tamil
- தழை உரம், தழை எரு, பசுந்தாள் உரம்
green manure in Kannada
- ಹಸಿ ಗೊಬ್ಬರ, ಹಸಿರು ಗೊಬ್ಬರ
Forms of green manure
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Words formed from green manure
- green manuring
Questions about green manure
- What does green manure mean?
- Green manure means 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.
- What is green manure in Tamil?
- Green manure in Tamil is தழை உரம், தழை எரு, பசுந்தாள் உரம். See Green manure meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is green manure?
- Green manure is a noun.
- What is the plural of green manure?
- The plural of green manure is green manures.
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