different between cultivate vs hemerophyte

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cultiv?tus, perfect passive participle of cultiv? (“till, cultivate”), from cult?vus (“tilled”), from Latin cultus, perfect passive participle of col? (“till, cultivate”), which comes from earlier *quel?, from Proto-Indo-European *k?el- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ???? (pél?) and Sanskrit ???? (cárati). The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Latin in-quil-?nus (“inhabitant”) and anculus (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?lt?ve?t/
• Hyphenation: cul?ti?vate

Verb

cultivate (third-person singular simple present cultivates, present participle cultivating, simple past and past participle cultivated)

1. To grow plants, notably crops.

2. (figuratively) To nurture; to foster; to tend.
3. To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

Derived terms

Translations

Interlingua

Participle

cultivate

1. past participle of cultivar

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ????? (h?mér?, “day”) +? -phyte (“plant”)

Noun

hemerophyte (plural hemerophytes)

1. (biology) Any cultivated plant, especially one introduced from elsewhere

Anagrams

• heterophemy