Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fixing and accumulating the free nitrogen of the air: said of plants whose roots serve as hosts to microbes which perform this function. The microbes operate by means of tubercles formed through their agency on the roots. See
nitrifier andnodule .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Describing something, normally a plant or microbe, able to convert
inorganic nitrogen into a form usable in thebiosphere .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective contributing to the process of nitrogen fixation
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Examples
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Finally, we also need to plant millions of nitrogen-fixing native locust trees, which, remarkably enough, would at least begin the painfully slow process of reclaiming ruined land currently lying sallow.
Jeff Biggers: Taking on Big Coal Governors: West Virginia Mountain Party Candidate Inspires the Nation Jeff Biggers 2011
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A nitrogen-fixing weed, it replenishes the soil in which it grows.
Harvey Wasserman: Legal Pot or Bust! Harvey Wasserman 2010
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One "miracle tree" we often use in our projects, the aliso tree, has nitrogen-fixing roots that fertilize the crops and high-protein leaves that feed cows and pigs.
Alliance for Global Conservation: Guest Post: Women are Key to Global Conservation Alliance for Global Conservation 2011
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FORERO: The corn with the greener leaves, he said, was inoculated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
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A nitrogen-fixing weed, it replenishes the soil in which it grows.
Harvey Wasserman: Legal Pot or Bust! Harvey Wasserman 2010
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One "miracle tree" we often use in our projects, the aliso tree, has nitrogen-fixing roots that fertilize the crops and high-protein leaves that feed cows and pigs.
Alliance for Global Conservation: Guest Post: Women are Key to Global Conservation Alliance for Global Conservation 2011
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A nitrogen-fixing weed, it replenishes the soil in which it grows.
Harvey Wasserman: Legal Pot or Bust! Harvey Wasserman 2010
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They've started growing nitrogen-fixing trees, including Lucina to help restore soils, as well other trees, such as the so-called "green gold of Ghana," moringa.
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He runs with the crowd that believes ending poverty is a matter of technical expertise - doing things such as expanding food yields with nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants or solar-powered drip irrigation.
Lennon the rebel, Bono the wonk William Easterly 2010
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A nitrogen-fixing weed, it replenishes the soil in which it grows.
Harvey Wasserman: Legal Pot or Bust! Harvey Wasserman 2010
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