fertilize

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The results strongly suggest the crops were fertilized with seabird guano, which is rich in nitrogen because seabirds feed on marine life.

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He will spread more of what my dad used to fertilize his roses.

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Researchers at Michigan State University have identified a molecular "switch" that boosts sperm energy just before they attempt to fertilize an egg.

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In regions north of the Antarctic Polar Front -- a boundary where cold Antarctic waters meet warmer waters to the north -- that dust helped fertilize algae.

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Although nitrogen fertilizer was used in the experiment, the researchers do not recommend fertilizing forests.

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