cultivableadj.

Brit.

/ˈkʌltᵻvəbl/, U.S.

/ˈkəltəvəb(ə)l/

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin cultivare , -able suffix.

Etymology: Probably < classical Latin cultivare (see cultivate v.) + -able suffix. Compare French cultivable (1308 in Old French; rare before the mid 18th cent.), post-classical Latin cultivabilis (12th cent.). Compare earlier cultive v., cultivate v. and later cultivatable adj. Compare also earlier uncultivable adj.

Able to be cultivated (in various senses of the verb).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective]

gainable1480

manurable1600

plantable1640

culturable1642

improvable1653

cultivable1682

wainable1706

cultivatable1761

cultivatible1803

the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [adjective] > cultivated or planted > that can be cultivated

plantable1640

cultivable1813

growable1881

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [adjective] > cultivable

cultivable1813

growable1881

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adjective] > capable of cultivation

cultivable1863

culturable1883

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece vi. 437 It makes as much cultivable Ground, as the Plain of Megara; but it is utterly neglected.

1793 J. Morse Amer. Univ. Geogr. (new ed.) I. 471 A mountainous, broken, yet cultivable country.

1813 Monthly Mag. June 425 A fruit exclusively cultivable in hot countries.

1863 J. Ruskin in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 441/1 Faculties dependent much on race..but cultivable also by education.

1950 Lancet 22 July 138/1 They may represent nearly a quarter of the cultivable micro-organisms.

1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 17/2 In the twelfth century the benefits which it offered were largely those of peace: cultivable patrons, revenues from ancestral lands.

2007 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 25/1 Since 1992, Britain's membership of the Common Agricultural Policy has meant that 10 per cent of our cultivable land has had to remain fallow each year.

Derivatives

ˌcultivaˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cultivability

tid1799

cultivability1815

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > quality of being improvable

improvableness1652

improvability1777

cultivability1881

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [noun] > cultivation of the mind > capability of

cultivability1881

cultivatability1900

1815 S. Gray Happiness of States viii. i. 552 This greenness is an incontestable proof of the fact of cultivability.

1881 Chicago Advance 8 Sept. 568 The wonderful cultivability of this pastoral art.

1935 Jrnl. Parasitol. 21 190 A difference may exist in the cultivability of separate strains of Balantidium.

1990 P. D. Tiwari Environm., Nutritional Deficiency, & its Improvem. ii. 17 Cultivability largely depends upon the availability of moisture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cultivable
释义	cultivableadj. Brit. /ˈkʌltᵻvəbl/, U.S. /ˈkəltəvəb(ə)l/ Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin cultivare , -able suffix. Etymology: Probably < classical Latin cultivare (see cultivate v.) + -able suffix. Compare French cultivable (1308 in Old French; rare before the mid 18th cent.), post-classical Latin cultivabilis (12th cent.). Compare earlier cultive v., cultivate v. and later cultivatable adj. Compare also earlier uncultivable adj. Able to be cultivated (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] gainable1480 manurable1600 plantable1640 culturable1642 improvable1653 cultivable1682 wainable1706 cultivatable1761 cultivatible1803 the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [adjective] > cultivated or planted > that can be cultivated plantable1640 cultivable1813 growable1881 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [adjective] > cultivable cultivable1813 growable1881 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adjective] > capable of cultivation cultivable1863 culturable1883 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece vi. 437 It makes as much cultivable Ground, as the Plain of Megara; but it is utterly neglected. 1793 J. Morse Amer. Univ. Geogr. (new ed.) I. 471 A mountainous, broken, yet cultivable country. 1813 Monthly Mag. June 425 A fruit exclusively cultivable in hot countries. 1863 J. Ruskin in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 441/1 Faculties dependent much on race..but cultivable also by education. 1950 Lancet 22 July 138/1 They may represent nearly a quarter of the cultivable micro-organisms. 1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Jan. 17/2 In the twelfth century the benefits which it offered were largely those of peace: cultivable patrons, revenues from ancestral lands. 2007 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 25/1 Since 1992, Britain's membership of the Common Agricultural Policy has meant that 10 per cent of our cultivable land has had to remain fallow each year. Derivatives ˌcultivaˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cultivability tid1799 cultivability1815 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > quality of being improvable improvableness1652 improvability1777 cultivability1881 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [noun] > cultivation of the mind > capability of cultivability1881 cultivatability1900 1815 S. Gray Happiness of States viii. i. 552 This greenness is an incontestable proof of the fact of cultivability. 1881 Chicago Advance 8 Sept. 568 The wonderful cultivability of this pastoral art. 1935 Jrnl. Parasitol. 21 190 A difference may exist in the cultivability of separate strains of Balantidium. 1990 P. D. Tiwari Environm., Nutritional Deficiency, & its Improvem. ii. 17 Cultivability largely depends upon the availability of moisture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1682
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