cultivable
Americanadjective
adjective
Usage
What does cultivable mean? Cultivable means able to be grown or developed. It is especially applied to crops and land on which crops will be grown.Cultivable is an adjective form of the verb cultivate. Cultivate can also be used in figurative contexts in which the thing being grown or developed is often an abstract thing, such as a business or a friendship. It’s possible for cultivable to be used in this way, but it is typically used in the context of agriculture.A variant of cultivable is cultivatable.Example: Often the goal of crossbreeding crops is to produce a variety that has all the best qualities and is widely cultivable.
Other Word Forms
- cultivability noun
- cultivably adverb
- noncultivability noun
- noncultivable adjective
- noncultivatable adjective
- uncultivable adjective
- uncultivatable adjective
Etymology
Origin of cultivable
First recorded in 1675–85; cultiv(ate) + -able
Example Sentences
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But on its website, Al Dahra acknowledges the challenges of climate change, noting “the continuing decrease in cultivable land and diminishing water resources available for farming.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023
The union's spokesperson pointed out that the cultivable agricultural area is only 2% of the province's territory.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2023
The office, which has always been limited by a small budget and staff, continues to gauge a spacecraft’s “bioburden” based on a classic measure—the number of cultivable microbial spores it carries.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2017
Only two thirds of the cultivable land in four districts straddling the river - Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar and Ramanagara - were cropped until 12 September, say officials.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2016
Thibet, almost entirely covered with mountains, or cut up with impetuous torrents, affords to its population very little cultivable space.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis
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