noun
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a person who grows plants
a vegetable grower
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a plant that grows in a specified way
a fast grower
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a piece of music that is initially unimpressive but becomes more enjoyable after further hearings
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And if the situation gets even worse, he has already found a grower in the provinces where he can get his potatoes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The court required the grower, whose name wasn’t disclosed in court proceedings, to destroy the plants and pay some $23,000 in fees and damages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Not long after, after townsfolk thwarted an attempted kidnapping of a local grower, hundreds of people gathered in the sun-bleached central plaza and drafted a communique.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
But what can an apple grower do about it?
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Papa had heard that a grape grower there, named Mr. Patrini, had nice places for farm workers to live.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
Wine growers in Italy's Piedmont region are celebrating a bountiful harvest despite the extreme heat but warn they have to cut production because of trade headwinds and changing consumer habits.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
But individual farmers as well as more than a dozen associations that represent growers, agricultural retailers and firms that spray pesticides have voiced opposition to the changes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Those proposals are strongly opposed by groups representing growers, retailers and providers of agricultural services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Over the course of the season, UK growers produce around half a billion heads of lettuce.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Diligence in spraying had a similarly unsatisfactory reward in the eastern Sudan, where cotton growers had a bitter experience with DDT.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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