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===Meaning===
A '''cultivated''' plant is one that has been planted, grown and [[Selective Breeding|bred]] by [[Human|humans]].
: '''[[Verb]]''': Cultivate
: '''[[Noun]]''': Cultivated Plant, Cultivation
===About Cultivation===
Most of the [[Fruit|fruit]] and [[Vegetable|vegetables]] we eat today don't look like they did 10,000 years ago. They have been ''''cultivated'''. [[Human|Humans]] have [[Selective Breeding|bred]] them by always planting the [[Seed|seeds]] from the biggest and the sweetest [[Plant|plants]]. Over thousands of years this means the new [[Plant|plants]] have got bigger and sweeter with every new generation.Sometimes [[Plant|plants]] are '''cultivated''' because the look pretty. Many gardens have [[Plant|plants]] that we can't eat, but people like the look of them so they plant and grow them careful.===Examples===: [[Rice]].: A [[tomato]].: An [[apple]].
===ExamplesUsed in a sentence===: [[Rice]] was '''cultivated''' in Asia.: The [[tomato]] was a small yellow [[fruit]] in [[South America]] before people brought it to [[Europe]] to '''cultivate''' it.: Before '''cultivation''' [[Apple|apples]] were as small as [[Cherry|cherries]] and only found in [[Kazakhstan]].