cultivation
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The team investigated how wild plants responded to early human cultivation and found that farming practices strongly favored individuals that could compete more effectively than their wild ancestors.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
Barbed wire served as a symbol of violence and oppression, but also of agriculture, cultivation and survival.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
"Serious research on dragon fruit in India started around 2013–14 when we began systematic studies on its cultivation."
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
He discovered hydroponics, an innovative cultivation technique where vegetables are grown not in soil, but in a solution of water enriched with essential nutrients.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
With water siphoned off from the Los Angeles-bound aqueduct, a large farm was under cultivation just outside the camp, providing the mess halls with lettuce, corn, tomatoes, eggplant, string beans, horseradish, and cucumbers.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Vocabulary lists containing cultivation
Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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