Grower
noun
A person or company that makes plants or crops bigger and stronger.
My uncle is a fruit grower, he has a big apple orchard.
Often appears as...
- fruit grower
- vegetable grower
noun
A person or company that raises animals.
He is a successful chicken grower in our town.
Often appears as...
- chicken grower
- poultry grower
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A thing that improves or develops over time.
This book is a slow grower, but it gets very exciting towards the end.
Often appears as...
- slow grower
- fast grower
noun
A person or company that makes plants or crops bigger and stronger.
My uncle is a fruit grower, he has a big apple orchard.
Often appears as...
- fruit grower
- vegetable grower
noun
A person or company that raises animals.
He is a successful chicken grower in our town.
Often appears as...
- chicken grower
- poultry grower
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A thing that improves or develops over time.
This book is a slow grower, but it gets very exciting towards the end.
Often appears as...
- slow grower
- fast grower
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Pro Tip 1/3Process Emphasis
The term 'grower' implies active involvement in the process of growing plants.
The vineyard grower spends every day tending to the vines.
Pro Tip 2/3Commercial Focus
'Grower' often refers to commercial operations rather than personal gardening.
As a commercial vegetable grower, she supplies produce to local markets.
Pro Tip 3/3Expertise Connotation
The word can imply expertise in cultivating certain plants or crops
An orchid grower shared tips at the gardening club meeting.
Compare with
agronomistcultivatorfarmergardenernurseryplant
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You Didn’t Know...
fungi just have this potential to unlock biological material that's a waste product in our civilization and convert it into something else so that's what's exciting and everyone's like scampering onto this bandwagon to try to catch up i started as a grower and i was out
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
the elephant will do what he likes so the tracks of that female and cub it's handy and cub came from grower pen directly into the block towards us here so we're just taking cheetah cut line to see if there's anything crossing but this is a very very large block and if
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Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
So, like the journalist I am, I started digging into the agricultural sector. And I found there are too many fields, and too few labor inspectors. I found multiple layers of plausible deniability between grower and distributor and processor, and God knows who else.
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The Community of Food PIPE...
and Americans, or people in general need to eat, like to eat at the kitchen. Being the director of the kitchen operations for a little bit am I going to say, you know, 'no thank you' to 5000 pounds of ground beef from a beef grower in Texas that had an overrun?
Video examples
Shimon Steinberg:...
The more the public demands the reduction of chemicals, the more growers become aware of the fact that they should, wherever they can and wherever possible, replace the chemical control with biological control. Even here, there is another grower,
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How urban agriculture is...
These are dinners where we bring folks onto the farm, we give them plenty of time and opportunity to meet and greet and talk to the grower, and then they're taken on a farm tour. And then afterwards, they're treated to a farm-to-table meal
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Natural pest control ......
wherever they can and wherever possible to replace the chemical control with even here there is another grower you see very interested in the birds the dead ones in the good wearing this magnifier already on her
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The case for collaborativ...
of collaborative lifestyles is called Blanchett it's a scheme in the UK that matches mr. Jones with some spare space in his back garden with mrs. Smith a would-be grower together they grow their own food it's
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Rachel Botsman: The case...
One of my favorite examples of collaborative lifestyles is called Landshare. It's a scheme in the U.K. that matches Mr. Jones, with some spare space in his back garden, with Mrs. Smith, a would-be grower.
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Road Trip Follows...
5th the truck was one of 590 loaded up at the Watsonville fields of Driscoll's a leading US berry grower the trucks cargo consisted of one pound of strawberries per box eight boxes per
Video examples
You Didn’t Know...
fungi just have this potential to unlock biological material that's a waste product in our civilization and convert it into something else so that's what's exciting and everyone's like scampering onto this bandwagon to try to catch up i started as a grower and i was out
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
the elephant will do what he likes so the tracks of that female and cub it's handy and cub came from grower pen directly into the block towards us here so we're just taking cheetah cut line to see if there's anything crossing but this is a very very large block and if
Video examples
Noy Thrupkaew: Human...
So, like the journalist I am, I started digging into the agricultural sector. And I found there are too many fields, and too few labor inspectors. I found multiple layers of plausible deniability between grower and distributor and processor, and God knows who else.
Video examples
The Community of Food PIPE...
and Americans, or people in general need to eat, like to eat at the kitchen. Being the director of the kitchen operations for a little bit am I going to say, you know, 'no thank you' to 5000 pounds of ground beef from a beef grower in Texas that had an overrun?
Video examples
Shimon Steinberg:...
The more the public demands the reduction of chemicals, the more growers become aware of the fact that they should, wherever they can and wherever possible, replace the chemical control with biological control. Even here, there is another grower,
Video examples
How urban agriculture is...
These are dinners where we bring folks onto the farm, we give them plenty of time and opportunity to meet and greet and talk to the grower, and then they're taken on a farm tour. And then afterwards, they're treated to a farm-to-table meal
Video examples
Natural pest control ......
wherever they can and wherever possible to replace the chemical control with even here there is another grower you see very interested in the birds the dead ones in the good wearing this magnifier already on her
Video examples
The case for collaborativ...
of collaborative lifestyles is called Blanchett it's a scheme in the UK that matches mr. Jones with some spare space in his back garden with mrs. Smith a would-be grower together they grow their own food it's
Video examples
Rachel Botsman: The case...
One of my favorite examples of collaborative lifestyles is called Landshare. It's a scheme in the U.K. that matches Mr. Jones, with some spare space in his back garden, with Mrs. Smith, a would-be grower.
Video examples
Road Trip Follows...
5th the truck was one of 590 loaded up at the Watsonville fields of Driscoll's a leading US berry grower the trucks cargo consisted of one pound of strawberries per box eight boxes per
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Quote examples
Olly Murs
English Musician
It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
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Sam Farr
American Politician
To make agriculture sustainable, the grower has got to be able to make a profit.
Quote examples
Olly Murs
English Musician
It would have been easy for me to bring out a real cheesy pop song, but 'Please Don't Let Me Go' isn't your typical 'X Factor' single, and it's a grower, not a shower.
Quote examples
Sam Farr
American Politician
To make agriculture sustainable, the grower has got to be able to make a profit.
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