Tomatoes like a little phosphate.
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Phosphate
/ˈfɑsfeɪt/
Synonyms for "phosphate" (28 found)
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Noun(14 words)
orthophosphatephosphate ionphosphate mineralphosphate moietyphosphate orephosphate unitphosphate-bearingphosphaticphosphatizephosphoric esterphosphoric saltphosphoryl groupphosphorylatephosphorylize
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16 entriesapatite mineralcalcium phosphatephosphate backbonephosphate bufferphosphate coatingphosphate esterphosphate fertilizerphosphate groupphosphate ionphosphate mineralphosphate rockphosphate-bearingphosphate-containingphosphate-freephosphate-richsodium phosphate
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In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.
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Earnings from Nauru's export of phosphate remains an important source of income.
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Alveolar bone has a high mineral content, mainly calcium and phosphate.
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