growing season

noun

the part of a year when weather conditions and temperatures are favourable for the growth of plants and trees.

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Meanings

noungrowing season (plural growing seasons)

plural growing seasons

  1. the part of a year when weather conditions and temperatures are favourable for the growth of plants and trees.
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    In the western part of the Tarim Basin, cotton is grown mainly between the K'a-Shin-ka-erh (Kashgar Darya) and Yeh-erh-ch'iang (Yark and Darya) rivers where the growing season is longer and population denser. The main centres are K'a-shih (Kashgar), Pa-ch'u, Yüeh-p'u-hu, Mai-kai-t'i (Merket), So-ch'e (Yarkand) and Tse-p'u (Posgam).

    1976 May, Chuen-Yan David Lai, “Developments of Cotton Cultivation in Sinkiang”, in Pacific Viewpoint, →DOI, page 162

Translations

Finnish kasvukausi
  • kasvukausitime of year when plants grow
German Vegetationsperiode, Vegetationszeit
  • Vegetationsperiodetime of year when plants grow
  • Vegetationszeittime of year when plants grow
  • Vegetationsphasetime of year when plants grow
Norwegian Bokmål vekstsesong
  • vekstsesongtime of year when plants grow
Polish okres wegetacyjny
  • okres wegetacyjnytime of year when plants grow
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Chicago

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