Meaning Of The Word Superphosphate

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superphosphate in American English
an acid phosphate, esp. a mixture mainly of monobasic calcium phosphate and gypsum, made by treating bone, phosphate rock, etc. with sulfuric acid and used as fertilizer
noun: a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer

superphosphate in British English
noun: a mixture of the diacid calcium salt of orthophosphoric acid Ca(H2 PO4)2 with calcium sulphate and small quantities of other phosphates: used as a fertilizer

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