Definition of "cultivation" []

• The act of cultivating. (noun)
• The state of being cultivated. (noun)
• Refinement; culture. (noun)

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• "In point of civilization and what we call cultivation, Alcibiades was immeasurably superior to Saint Paul,"
• "Before Roberta was born, Leah had reserved herself an hour every morning and every afternoon for what she called the cultivation of her mind -- the careful reading of good standard books, French and"
• "I know people who talk to their plants so this is another aspect involved in cultivation, which involves coaxing them to grow and produce nice, healthy fruit."