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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 acidsplay

  Familiarity information: HUMATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HUMATE (noun)


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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