horticulture

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17th century, from the Latin word hortus (“garden”) + culture (on the model of agriculture).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔː.tɪˌkʌl.tʃə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹ.tɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
• Hyphenation: hor‧ti‧cul‧ture

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horticulture (usually uncountable, plural horticultures)

1. The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.
   • 1868, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 351:

     Let any one compare the fruit of one of the largest varieties exhibited at our Shows with that of the wild wood strawberry, or, which will be a fairer comparison, with the somewhat larger fruit of the wild American Virginian Strawberry, and he will see what prodigies horticulture has effected.

2. Small-scale agriculture.

• horticultural
• horticulturally
• horticulturist

From Latin hortus (“garden”), on the model of agriculture.

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.ti.kyl.tyʁ/

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horticulture f (plural horticultures)

1. horticulture

• horticole
• horticulteur

• jardinage

• “horticulture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.