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
Taylor Farms said it is no longer working with the independent grower where the positive sample was found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"The grower has to have confidence in the research and whether or not it works."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 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
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
Although identifying the pest represents an important breakthrough, it also highlights a serious challenge for blueberry growers.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
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
Drought associated with El Niño is already hurting sugar growers in India and palm-oil producers in Indonesia, and the full impact on harvests—and prices—won’t be felt till next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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
Or consider the fate of the Mexicans who immigrated to California between 1900 and the end of the 1920s to work in the fields of the big fruit and vegetable growers.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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