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栽培種 — meaning in English

zāi péi zhǒng

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English meaning

  • breed verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  • cultivate verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
  • manure noun Animal dung used to fertilize soil.

Senses

栽培種 is used for these senses in English:

  • breed To propagate or grow (plants) in an effort to give (them) certain qualities.
  • cultivar A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]
  • cultivate To grow plants, notably crops.
  • manure (archaic, literary) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.

breed — full definition

  1. verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
  2. verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
  3. verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
  4. noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.

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.

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