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cultivation
 
Noun cultivation has 3 senses
  1. cultivation - socialization through training and education
    --1 is a kind of     socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
  2. cultivation - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops
    --2 is a kind of     production
    --2 has particulars:
     aquaculture; beekeeping, apiculture; farming, agriculture, husbandry; culture; tilling
    Derived forms: verb cultivate2, verb cultivate1
  3. polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish - a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
    --3 is a kind of perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra
    Derived form: verb cultivate3
cultivated crab apple cultivated land cultivated parsnip cultivated plant cultivated rice cultivated strawberry cultivates cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator cultlike cultral diffusion cultrual cultrural revolution cults cultura

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