grower

Everyday

1. A grower is a person or company that grows plants, fruit or vegetables to sell, such as a fruit grower or a flower grower. tree →
2. A grower is a plant that grows in a certain way: «a fast grower», «a slow grower». tree →
3. (informal) Something that is «a grower» is a song, show or thing you do not like at first but come to like more and more. tree →

In the lessons

In geography and farming lessons growers produce food; in gardening it describes how plants grow. In everyday talk about music: «That song's a grower». Phrases: «fruit grower», «a fast grower», «tomato grower».

Examples

• My uncle is a strawberry grower. tree →
• Coffee growers in Kenya pick the berries by hand. tree →
• Bamboo is a very fast grower. tree →
• The grower sells his apples at the market. tree →
• Oak trees are slow growers. tree →
• I didn't like the song at first, but it's a grower. tree →
• Flower growers in the Netherlands grow millions of tulips. tree →
• We visited a tomato grower's greenhouse. tree →

Note

Countable. Made from grow + er, like «farmer». Grow is irregular (grow, grew, grown), but grower is simply «someone who grows».