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Phosphate

/fˈɑsfeɪt/
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(noun) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

Tomatoes like a little phosphate.
Earnings from Nauru's export of phosphate remains an important source of income.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The fertilizer contained high levels of ____ to promote root development in the young plants.

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