The quality or capacity of a plant material to be converted into silage (preserved animal feed) successfully.
Derived from 'ensile' (to make into silage) plus the suffix '-ability,' meaning 'capable of being.' The root 'ensile' comes from 'silo' via Spanish and ultimately from Greek 'siros' (pit for storing grain).
Farmers have learned that different crops have very different ensilability—corn is a superstar at being silage because its moisture content and sugar levels are perfect, but some plants just won't ferment properly no matter what you do.
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