growing season

noun

: the period of the year that is warm enough for plants to grow

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Best Vintages from the Rhône Valley Despite an erratic growing season that saw a cool spring, intermittent summer hail in some areas, and soaring temperatures in August, 2023 turned out to be a good vintage for reds and an excellent vintage for whites. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2025 Unlike industrial processes where continuous improvement occurs daily, in agriculture, each growing season starts anew. Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Summer annual weeds are true annuals, completing their life cycle in a single growing season. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025 Driving the news: The freeze-free growing season lengthened between 1970 and 2024 in nearly 90% of the 198 cities analyzed by Climate Central, a research and communications group. Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for growing season

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growing season

noun
: the period of the year that is warm enough for growth especially of cultivated plants
especially : the period between the last killing frost in the spring and the first one in the fall
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