cultivate
To prepare or prepare and use to grow plants; to improve the growth of.
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Ichthyological terms, not general ones.
cultivar
Plant or group of plants produced and maintained by cultivation.
cultivation
The state of being cultivated; to artificially plant, tend, improve and harvest crops and other plants.
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Artemia
Commonly known as brine shrimp; a genus of phyllopod crustacean inhabiting salt lakes and brines. Cultivated as food for aquarium fishes and available live, frozen or freeze-dried. Its newly-hatched nauplii are also a popular food for fish fry.
Used in 1,159 profiles
culture
Cultivation of soil or other growth medium; captive breeding of animals or plants; growing of microorganisms or other live tissue in a nutrient medium or when referring to such a colony.
Used in 3 profiles
husbandry
Agricultural cultivation or production of plants or livestock, especially domesticated varieties.
microworm
Panagrellus redivivus; a free-living, soil-dwelling nematode worm often cultivated by aquarists for feeding to fish fry.
Used in 540 profiles
feral
Existing in a wild or uncultivated state; returning or transferring to such a state having previously been domesticated.
Used in 26 profiles
swamp
Low-lying, uncultivated wetland dominated by woody vegetation.
Used in 283 profiles