cultivar — meaning in English

English meaning

• cultivate verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
• foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
• grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.

Senses

cultivar is used for these senses in English:

• cultivar A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]
• cultivate To grow plants, notably crops.
• foster (transitive) To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
• grow (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

cultivate — full definition

1. verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
2. verb To develop or improve a skill, relationship, or quality over time.

foster — full definition

1. verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
2. verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
3. adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.

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