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Sachs' solution

Sachs' solution is the alternative form of Sachs's solution.

Meaning of Sachs's solution

Proper noun

Sachs's solution

  1. A plant nutrient solution (fertilizer) consisting of potassium nitrate, sodium chloride, calcium sulphate, magnesium sulphate, calcium phosphate, and ferric chloride.
    • In the two succeeding experiments two species of plants were grown in each of five conditions, namely:
      (1) Soil and tap water, (2) sand and tap water, (3) tap water without substratum, (4) Sachs's solution without substratum, and (5) Sachs's solution with sand substratum.1905, Raymond Haines Pond, The Biological Relation of Aquatic Plants to the Substratum, pages 506–507

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What is Sachs' solution the alternative form of?
Sachs' solution is the alternative form of Sachs's solution.

Words near Sachs' solution in the dictionary

  1. sachima
  2. sachitid
  3. sachitids
  4. Sachs
  5. Sachs' curvature
  6. Sachs' solution
  7. Sachs's curvature
  8. Sachs's solution
  9. Sachs-Hornbostel
  10. Sachse
  11. Sachsgate

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