"growing season" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: growing seasons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} growing season (plural growing seasons)
  1. the part of a year when weather conditions and temperatures are favourable for the growth of plants and trees. Wikipedia link: growing season Translations (time of year when plants grow): kasvukausi (Finnish), Vegetationsperiode [feminine] (German), Vegetationszeit [feminine] (German), Vegetationsphase [feminine] (German), vekstsesong [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vekstsesong [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), okres wegetacyjny [masculine] (Polish)

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