Definition of "hardiness" []

• The state of being hardy, especially (of a plant) of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions. (noun)
• Hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance (noun)
• Hardship; fatigue (noun)

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• "N.E. HANSE., HORTICULTURIST, BROOKINGS, S.D. By the term hardiness is understood the capacity to resist against any special condition of environment."
• "On his own initiative, he launched himself on a course of self-improvement that bolstered the inner quality that positive psychologist Salvatore Maddi calls "hardiness.""
• "It is also more disease resistant due to a looser cluster and has greater winter hardiness, which is critical for the Finger Lakes region."