semicultivated
təˌveɪ adjective
1.
prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
2.
produced or improved by cultivation, as a plant.
3.
educated; refined; cultured: cultivated tastes.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | cultured, refined, or educated |
| 2. | (of land or soil) |
| a. subjected to tillage or cultivation | |
| b. tilled and broken up | |
| 3. | (of plants) specially bred or improved by cultivation |
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Word Origin & History
cultivate
1620, from M.L. cultivatus, pp. of cultivare, from L.L. cultivus "tilled," from L. cultus (see cult). Figurative sense of "improve by training or education" is from 1680s.
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