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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So this can be considered a rather expensive stock of a rapid grower.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
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
On a 5,500-acre farm near Fresno, grower Don Cameron is prepared for a deluge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
QUJING, China—About 15 years ago, executives from U.S. fruit grower Driscoll’s went to China with a goal of turning blueberries into that country’s next big food trend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
After that he pulled himself together, and when the chance came along to lease and sharecrop a hundred acres from a big strawberry grower up north in Santa Clara Valley he took it.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
But it was also the chief driver of the dam project, which had originally been conceived to protect Imperial Valley growers from river-borne floodwaters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Onion and chili growers in New Mexico have let swaths of land lie fallow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
But as a coffee roaster, Seegers said he can buy from smaller growers who are fine with cutting prices and taking market share away.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Susie Walker-Munro is one of a handful of tea growers in Scotland.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Now he is starting to market it to citrus growers in Florida, California, and Mexico.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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