cul·ti·vate
[kuhl-tuh-veyt]
–verb (used with object), -vat·ed, -vat·ing.
1.
to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops; till.
2.
bot·a·ny
[bot-n-ee]plant
[plant, plahnt]–noun
1.
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellularorganisms that typically produce their own food frominorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and thathave more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose,including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts:some classification schemes may include fungi, algae,bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celledeukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls orphotosynthesis.
2.
an herb or other small vegetable growth, in contrast with atree or a shrub.
3.
a seedling or a growing slip, especially one ready for transplanting.
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