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HUMATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does humate mean?
• HUMATE (noun)
The noun HUMATE has 1 sense:
1. material that is high in humic acids
Familiarity information: HUMATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Material that is high in humic acids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("humate" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "humate"):
peat (partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried)
brown coal; lignite; wood coal (intermediate between peat and bituminous coal)
humic shale (shale that is rich in humic acids)
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