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What does hardiness mean?

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Noun
  1. The state of being hardy, especially (of a plant) of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions.
  2. (obsolete) hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance
  3. (obsolete) hardship; fatigue
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While we wondered at their street-corner, street-clothed hardiness a couple of other toughies turned up.
The British War Office prized this horse for war use because of its strength, endurance, hardiness, disposition, tractability and unflappability.
One of the earliest methods used to increase yield and hardiness was the domestication of plants.
Such experience bred self-reliance and general hardiness among the settlers.
Although there are other genistas suitable for the rock garden, the species vary in hardiness and habit.
We observed no significant condition interactions for total life stress, negative life-event stress, or hardiness.

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