: grown in the shade
specifically : grown under cloth
shade-grown tobacco

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But in other regions, like Argentina’s Misiones Province, the semillas needed to gain the trust of monoculture farmers to help transition them to shade-grown; some had been farming conventionally for decades. Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025 Used traditionally in Japanese tea ceremonies, the tea plant is shade-grown and the leaves are harvested into a fine, jade-colored powder that gives a balanced taste of bitter, umami and mellow grassy notes. Nicole Charky-Chami, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023

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First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shade-grown was in 1922

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“Shade-grown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shade-grown. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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