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horticulture

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. horticulture (noun)
  2. horticultural bean (noun)
  3. horticultural variety (noun)

hor·ti·cul·ture

noun \ˈhȯr-tə-ˌkəl-chər\

Definition of HORTICULTURE

: the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants
— hor·ti·cul·tur·al \ˌhȯr-tə-ˈkəl-chə-rəl\ adjective
— hor·ti·cul·tur·al·ly \-rə-lē\ adverb
— hor·ti·cul·tur·ist \-rist\ also hor·ti·cul·tur·al·ist \-ch(ə-)rə-list\ noun
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Origin of HORTICULTURE

Latin hortus garden + English -i- + culture — more at yard
First Known Use: 1678

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with HORTICULTURE

agriculture, apiculture, aquaculture, aviculture, counterculture, floriculture, mariculture, microculture, monoculture, permaculture, silviculture, turkey vulture, viniculture

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