cultivar — meaning in English
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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.
- culture noun The shared customs, beliefs, arts, and way of life of a particular group of people.
- grow verb To increase in size, amount, or extent over time.
- manure noun Animal dung used to fertilize soil.
Senses
cultivar 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.
- culture (transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)
- grow (transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
- manure (archaic, literary) To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
breed — full definition
- verb To produce offspring, especially of animals reproducing.
- verb To keep and mate animals deliberately, aiming to produce specific traits in their offspring.
- verb To cause or lead to something, especially something negative, over time.
- noun A particular type of animal (or occasionally plant) within a species, produced through selective mating.
cultivate — full definition
- verb To prepare and use land for growing crops.
- verb To develop or improve a skill, relationship, or quality over time.