cultivation
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cultivation/kʌltɪˈveɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the action of cultivating land, or the state of being cultivated.
- 2 the process of acquiring or developing a quality or skill.
- 3 refinement and good education: a man of cultivation and taste.
'cultivation' also found in these Oxford entries:
agriculture
- agroforestry
- aquaculture
- arboriculture
- cultigen
- cultivar
- culture
- floriculture
- horticulture
- husbandry
- mariculture
- monoculture
- polyculture
- reclaim
- sericulture
- silviculture
- submarginal
- swidden
- tame
- terrace
- thwaite
- tilth
- vermiculture
- viniculture
- viticulture
