cultivation

cultivation (ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən)

—n
1.	agriculture
	a. the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
	b. the preparation of ground to promote their growth
2.	development, esp through education, training, etc
3.	culture or sophistication, esp social refinement

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Word Origin & History

cultivation

c.1700, of knowledge, etc., a figurative use, from Fr. cultivation (16c.), noun of action from cultiver, from L. cultivare "to till" (see cultivate). Meaning "raising of a plant or crop" is from 1719; literal sense of "tilling of the land" is from 1725.

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Medical Dictionary

cultivation cul·ti·va·tion (kŭl'tə-vā'shən)
n.
The process of promoting the growth of a biological culture.

cul'ti·vate' v.

Example sentences

In addition, land cultivation has resulted in less habitat for wild animals.

Harvests can rise only if new land is brought into cultivation or yields go up.

Since lavenders have been in cultivation for centuries and some species cross

easily, many varieties and hybrids have arisen.

The goal is sustained economic growth that can help reduce and eventually

eliminate poppy cultivation.

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"Passing through here in 1795, Bishop Asbury commented, 'The country improves in cultivation, wickedness, mills, and stills.' Five years later, he held a meeting in the neighborhood and remarked that he thought most of the congregation had come to look at his wig."

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