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Between the huts were irregular patches of ill-cultivated mealies, and pumpkin vines trailed everywhere through plants and bushes and up over the walls and roofs, with the big amber-colored pumpkins scattered among the leaves.†
p. 122.2 *

cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
And he had cultivated all the cultivatable soil.†
p. 195.4
And he had cultivated all the cultivatable soil.†
p. 195.4

cultivatable = can be made suitable for growing crops; or able to be grown, developed, or enhanced

standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
Between the low, tree-covered rise where the house was, and where the barns stood among bush, were lands which had not been cultivated.†
p. 199.1

cultivated = developed, grown, or prepared for growing crops
The bloke said there was no need to plow or to cultivate.†
p. 199.3

cultivate = develop, grow, or prepare for growing crops

Definitions:

(1) (cultivate)
enhance growth or development
in various senses, including:
- to grow crops or prepare land for them
- enhance a relationship -- especially for a purpose
- develop discernment (better recognition of differences) in taste or judgment
- to grow a culture in a petri dish
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
The word form cultivator is commonly used to describe a machine used to prepare soil for growing crops.