plant food

noun

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Ancient Tools Show Our Ancestors Ate a Varied Diet For the study, scientists examined maces and anvils made from basalt, a type of rock formed from rapidly cooling lava at the Earth’s surface, that ancient humans used to crack and crush plant foods. Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 13 Jan. 2025 Include plant foods in your diet, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, beans, and vegetable oils. Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 2 Jan. 2025 The more people a tribe could sustain through efficient management of grain and plant food, the more the tribe could grow in numbers, requiring more food, more grain, more meat and fish to thrive. John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 This can be met through diet, as vitamin K is abundant in plant foods like leafy greens. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for plant food 

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of plant food was in 1853

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“Plant food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plant%20food. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

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