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Pfeffer's solution

Pfeffer's solution proper noun: a plant nutrient solution consisting of calcium nitrate, potassium nitrate, magnesium sulfate, monopotassium phosphate, potassium chloride, ferric chloride, and water.

Proper noun

Pfeffer's solution

  1. A plant nutrient solution consisting of calcium nitrate, potassium nitrate, magnesium sulfate, monopotassium phosphate, potassium chloride, ferric chloride, and water.
    • The experiments reported here would seem to permit the following statements bearing on the ultimate cessation of growth of excised root tips in the modified Pfeffer's solution containing 2 per cent glucose.1923, Botanical Gazette, volume 76, page 286
    • It will be noticed that, in addition to the elements given above, Pfeffer's solution also contains chlorine, while Sachs's solution contains not only chlorine, but sodium.1946, Walter Stiles, Trace Elements in Pants and Animals, page 2

Questions about Pfeffer's solution

What does Pfeffer's solution mean?
Pfeffer's solution means a plant nutrient solution consisting of calcium nitrate, potassium nitrate, magnesium sulfate, monopotassium phosphate, potassium chloride, ferric chloride, and water.
What part of speech is Pfeffer's solution?
Pfeffer's solution is a proper noun.

Words near Pfeffer's solution in the dictionary

  1. PFCEs
  2. PFCs
  3. PFD
  4. PFDs
  5. Pfeffer
  6. Pfeffer's solution
  7. Pfefferkorn
  8. Pfefferkorns
  9. pfeffernuss
  10. pfeffernusse
  11. pfeffernusses

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