saltpetre

English Thesaurus

1. (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	nitrate,
definition	:	any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid) (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	fertiliser, fertilizer, plant food,
definition	:	any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile (noun.substance)

derivation	:	azotic, nitric, nitrous,
definition	:	of or containing nitrogen (adj.pert)

derivation	:	azotic, nitric, nitrous,
definition	:	of or containing nitrogen (adj.pert)