culturableadj.
/ˈkʌltʃ(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈkəltʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l/ Capable of being cultured or cultivated; cultivable. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective]
gainable1480
manurable1600
plantable1640
culturable1642
improvable1653
cultivable1682
wainable1706
cultivatable1761
cultivatible1803
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adjective] > capable of cultivation
cultivable1863
culturable1883
1642 A. Burrell Briefe Relation 21 The greatest part of them will be culturable grounds.
1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 19 Therefore, perhaps, from two to three hundred acres of culturable soil..is the most political farm.
1847 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 10 243 The return distinguishes..the assessed land cultivated and culturable, and the free and barren land.
1883 Spectator 12 May 606/2 The faculty of musical apprehension, is, apparently, the most culturable of all.
1922 Civil & Mil. Gaz. 2 Nov. 10/3 The whole culturable land has practically been brought under the plough.
1967 Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 9 Sept. 581/1 Bacteriological studies with the usual culture, sensitivity and phage-type testing were done..when suitable culturable material was available.
2002 J. Colls Air Pollution vii. 340 Not all important bioaerosol particles are culturable—indeed, up to 95% of viable bioaerosol particles are not.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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