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单词 uncultivable
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uncultivableadj.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: un- prefix1, Latin cultivare , -able suffix.
Etymology: Probably < un- prefix1 + classical Latin cultivare (see cultivate v.) + -able suffix. Compare later cultivable adj., and also later uncultivatable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈcultivable.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > uncultivable
unmanurable1592
uncultivable1663
unplantable1683
untillable1714
irreclaimable1814
unculturable1860
uncultivatable1870
1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 12 Which like Weeds, sprung out of his rank and uncultivable nature.
1849 Florist 185 This interesting class of plants..a few years ago were thought uncultivable by common people.
1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §79 The sedges are essentially the clothing of waste, and more or less poor or uncultivable soils.

Derivatives

uncultivaˈbility n.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > wild > wild state
wildnessa1616
ferity1664
uncultivability1880
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. iii. §1. 38 This occurs in species of Gerardia and other plants of the same family, the uncultivability of which is thereby explained.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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