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cultivated
['kʌltə`vetɪd]
a. 耕耘, 栽植, 教养
  1. Growing from self-sown or accidentally dropped seed. Used of a cultivated plant or crop.
    自己落偶尔落种植庄稼
  2. The trees cultivated in such an area.
    种植
  3. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit.
    庄稼种植品,、蔬




cultivated
[ adj ]
  1. (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing

  2. <adj.all>
    cultivated land
  3. no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use

  4. <adj.all>
    cultivated roses
    cultivated blackberries
  5. marked by refinement in taste and manners

  6. <adj.all>
    cultivated speech
    cultured Bostonians
    cultured tastes
    a genteel old lady
    polite society




Cultivate \Cul"ti*vate\ (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Cultivated} (-v?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cultivating}
(-v?`-t?ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p. p. of cultivare to
cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p. p. of
colere to till, cultivate. Cf. {Colony}.]
1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to
valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate
soil.

2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought
to; to foster; to cherish.

Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature.
--Wordsworth.

3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest
and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated
him accordingly. --Burke.

4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to;
to civilize; to refine.

To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. --Addison.

The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety
and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end.
--Tillotson.

5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing;
as, to cultivate corn or grass.


cultivated \cultivated\ adj.
1. marked by refinement in taste and manners; as, cultivated
tastes in art.

Syn: civilized, cultured, genteel, polite.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. used for raising crops; -- of land or soil.
[WordNet 1.5]