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cultivator

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cul·ti·va·tor  (klt-vtr)
n.
1. One who cultivates: an inveterate cultivator of beautiful gardens; a cultivator of valuable corporate contacts.
2. An implement or machine for loosening the soil and destroying weeds around growing plants.
cultivator
Noun
a farm implement used to break up soil and remove weeds
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cultivatorcultivator - someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
agriculturalist, agriculturist, grower, raiser
farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster - a person who operates a farm
fruit grower - someone who grows fruit commercially
viticulturist - a cultivator of grape vine
2.cultivator - a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
tiller
farm machine - a machine used in farming
harrow - a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil


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There is no room even for a mouse,' shrilled the wife of a well- to-do cultivator - a Hindu Jat from the rich Jullundur, district.
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He always bore down on the handles of the cultivator and drove the blades so deep into the earth that the horses were soon exhausted.
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, the importance of the crossing both of distinct species and of varieties is immense; for the cultivator here quite disregards the extreme variability both of hybrids and mongrels, and the frequent sterility of hybrids; but the cases of plants not propagated by seed are of little importance to us, for their endurance is only temporary.
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