horticulture
noun
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Hortus is Latin for "garden", and the first gardens were planted about 10,000 years ago in what is often called the Fertile Crescent—the crescent-shaped area stretching from Israel north through Syria and down Iraq's two great rivers to the Persian Gulf. Probably more fertile in previous centuries than it is today, it was the original home of such food plants as wheat, barley, peas, and lentils or their ancient ancestors (not to mention the ancestors of cows, pigs, sheep, and goats as well). Many horticulturists today work as researchers or plant breeders or tend orchards and greenhouses—but most American households contain at least one amateur horticulturist.
Examples of horticulture in a Sentence
Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
April 5 & 12 Spring Plant Sale sponsored by Orange Coast College Horticulture, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the college in Costa Mesa features ornamental plants, herbs and vegetable seedlings propagated by horticulture students.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
The association has a horticulture library and produces a bimonthly magazine, California Garden, published since 1909.
—Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
Many people in the plant world know the early 20th century as the golden age of horticulture when thousands of new plants were hitting the market year after year.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
Ross Shrigley, executive director of Plant Select, is the go-to horticulture professional for knowing plants that every garden should be growing.
—Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Throughout the long and varied history of horticulture, there have been and continue to be practices and products that catch on with the gardening public that in reality have no place in the garden.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 Mar. 2024
Complementing the horticulture throughout the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park are a series of sculptures from international artists, including works by Auguste Rodin, Michele Oka Doner, and Ai Weiwei.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2024
Tim Johnson is senior director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Horticulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horticulture. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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