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floriculture

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Noun
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flo=ri=cul=ture

CIDE DICTIONARY

floriculturen. [L. flos, floris, flower + cultura culture.].
     The cultivation of flowering plants.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

floriculture, n. the cultivation of flowers.

Derivative
floricultural adj. floriculturist n.
Etymology
L flos floris flower + CULTURE, after horticulture

THESAURUS

floriculture

bloom, blossom, blow, citriculture, floret, floscule, flower, flower gardening, flower-growing, floweret, fruit-growing, gardening, groundskeeping, horticulture, hortorium, landscape architecture, landscape gardening, market gardening, olericulture, orcharding, pomiculture, posy, truck gardening, viniculture, wildflower

ROGET THESAURUS

floriculture

Agriculture

N agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming, georgics, geoponics, tillage, agronomy, gardening, spade husbandry, vintage, horticulture, arboriculture, floriculture, landscape gardening, viticulture, husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist, agricultor, agriculturist, yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman, granger, habitat, vigneron, viticulturist, Triptolemus, field, meadow, garden, botanic garden, winter garden, ornamental garden, flower garden, kitchen garden, market garden, hop garden, nursery, green house, hot house, conservatory, bed, border, seed plot, grassplot, grassplat, lawn, park, parterre, shrubbery, plantation, avenue, arboretum, pinery, pinetum, orchard, vineyard, vinery, orangery, farm, agricultural, agrarian, agrestic, arable, predial, rural, rustic, country, horticultural.


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