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blood meal

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blood meal
n.
The dried and powdered blood of animals, used in animal feeds and as a nitrogen-rich fertilizer for plants.
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Noun1.blood meal - the dried and powdered blood of animals
feed, provender - food for domestic livestock


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If you want to go strictly organic, fertilize with blood meal, hoof and horn meal, or cottonseed meal.
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