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cultivation

noun as in development of land for growing

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noun as in nurture, help

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In Peru, limited coca cultivation is allowed and controlled by a government monopoly, which then sells the decocainized leaves to Coca-Cola for flavoring.

From Salon

The county ranked among the top 10 in the state for cannabis cultivation last year.

Mangoes, like most tropical fruits, are typically grown in remote locales where cultivation is highly dependent on rainfall, prone to the effects of increasingly erratic weather, and reliant on less robust transport routes, she said.

From Salon

Two months later, BioMADE put out a call for proposals that used technology, including cell cultivation, to make sustainable food rations for the military.

From Salon

It's the only place where algae cultivation is integrated with a geothermal power station, which supplies clean electricity, delivers cold water for cultivation, hot water for heating, and even pipes across its CO2 emissions.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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