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green manures

green manures is the plural of green manure.

Meaning of green manure

Noun

green manure (usually uncountable, plural green manures)

  1. (usually) 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

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What is green manures the plural of?
Green manures is the plural of green manure.

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