horticulture definition

English horticulture definition

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

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 156100686, 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.

Derived terms

• horticultural
• horticulturally
• horticulturist

Translations

French horticulture definition

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

horticulture f (plural horticultures)

1. horticulture

Further reading

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