growing season

noun

: the period of the year that is warm enough for plants to grow

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Trimming can be done more often for light touch-ups during the growing season to keep unruly plants in check, remove leggy growth, and maintain shape as the plant grows. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025 In some cases, the frost is severe enough to end the growing season and is then referred to as a 'killing frost'. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025 In exchange for the use of their land, his neighbors get a basket of produce weekly during the growing season. Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025 The cold will also bring an end to the growing season for areas that have yet to experience a hard freeze, stretching from parts of the central Plains to much of the Southeast. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for growing season

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growing season

noun
: the period of the year that is warm enough for growth especially of cultivated plants
especially : the period between the last killing frost in the spring and the first one in the fall
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