The phrase "to domesticate these plants" means to cultivate or tame certain plants so that they grow and thrive under human care and become more useful to us. Full definition
A team led by Robin Allaby, a plant geneticist at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, was looking for the earliest evidence of domesticated plants in the British Isles. (sciencemag.org)
A branded bottle of drink, boutique toys for children, indoor domesticated plants in stylized vases, sneakers from fashion magazines and other lifestyle characteristics were central to Yanai's work. (velancenter.com)
A once - popular view that climate change led the Near East's ancient Natufians to begin domesticating plants and animals is under increasing attack, but alternative paradigms are still being formed. (science.sciencemag.org)