Plant food, essential elements nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) is called \’N-P-K\’ for short as well as secondary and trace elements fundamental to sustaining plant life.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
nutrient (adjective) furnishing nourishment
a substance or ingredient - nutritive
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
nutrient (adjective)providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth
SYNONYMS:
nourishing, nutrient, nutritional, nutritiveRELATED WORDS:
enriched, fortified; dietary, dietetic; beneficial, healthful, healthy, restorative, salubrious, salutary, wholesomeNEAR ANTONYMS:
fattening; insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesomesustenance, nourishment, fertilizer, plant food, growth enhancer
