Definition of cultivation
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: culture, refinement
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: the act or art of cultivating or tilling
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Police arrested Limpert at her home on Thursday for child abuse, cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana, among other charges.
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For one, coffee cultivation has almost disappeared in Yemen.
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Grain cultivation allowed humans to give up their nomadic lifestyle for communities.
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Some of the people who have completed the HempStaff crash course have received jobs working as trimmers and cultivation site workers, positions that include duties such as watering the plants and taking soil samples.
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Documented saffron cultivation dates back at least 3,500 years.
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Coca cultivation surged in anticipation of the peace deal, from 96,000 hectares to 146,000 in 2016.
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Baker argues that marijuana regulators already have their hands full in implementing the recreational pot law and should be focused on the licensing of retail pot shops and cultivation facilities by July 1.
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Private spiritual cultivation could prepare the way for deeper public commitments for social change.
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First Known Use of cultivation
1553
cultivation Synonyms
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parochialism, provincialism, rusticity, unsophistication;
boorishness, churlishness, clownishness, coarseness, crudeness, vulgarity;
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education, erudition, intellectualism, intellectuality, knowledge, learning, literacy, scholarship;
cosmopolitanism, sophistication, urbanity;
breeding, genteelness, gentility, manners;
CULTIVATION Defined for Kids
Definition of cultivation for Students
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: the act or process of preparing the soil for the raising of crops
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: refinement 2
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