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cultivation

  • noun
  • cul·ti·va·tion
  • /ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/

The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as

Other meanings

  1. Tillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.

  2. Light tillage: turning or stirring the soil, especially for weed control.

Related words

  • cocultivation
  • cultivational
  • incultivation
  • microcultivation
  • miscultivation
  • multicultivation
  • noncultivation
  • overcultivation
  • precultivation
  • recultivation
  • subcultivation
  • uncultivation

Word history

From Middle French "cultivation".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cultivation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.