Cultivatable

cul·ti·vate  (klt-vt)

tr.v. cul·ti·vat·ed, cul·ti·vat·ing, cul·ti·vates

1.

a. To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till.

b. To loosen or dig soil around (growing plants).

2. To grow or tend (a plant or crop).

3. To promote the growth of (a biological culture).

4. To nurture; foster. See Synonyms at nurture.

5. To form and refine, as by education.

6. To seek the acquaintance or goodwill of; make friends with.

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[Medieval Latin cultvre, cultvt-, from cultvus, tilled, from Latin cultus, past participle of colere, to till; see k^wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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culti·vata·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

cultivatable - (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively arable, cultivable, tillable productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"