cultivation

What it means

1. The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:
   1. countableuncountableTillage: plowing, sowing and raising crops.

      The cultivation of these valleys dates back thousands of years.

   2. countableuncountableLight tillage: turning or stirring the soil, especially for weed control.

      The cultivation of the hillside led to soil erosion.

2. countableuncountableThe state of being cultivated or used for agriculture

   These fields are in cultivation.

In a sentence

The cultivation of these valleys dates back thousands of years.

Where it comes from

1. Middle Frenchcultivation
2. Medieval Latincultivātus
3. Englishcultivation

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō, + -ion, or Middle French cultivation. By surface analysis, cultivate + -ion.