grower

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person or business that cultivates a particular crop, usually for sale

   Local apple growers sold their harvest directly to the cider mill.

2. 2
   noun

   a plant or other living thing characterized by how quickly or successfully it grows

   This compact tomato is a vigorous grower even in a small pot.

3. 3
   noun

   informal: a song, book, or other work that becomes more appealing with repeated exposure

   The album seemed unremarkable at first, but it proved to be a grower.

Formed from grow + the agent suffix -er, literally one who grows something. The agricultural sense is the oldest and most usual; the sense of a plant that grows in a specified way follows directly, while the informal cultural sense describes a work whose appeal grows over time.

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