arboriculture

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ar=bor=i=cul=ture

CIDE DICTIONARY

arboriculture, n. [L. arbor tree + cultura. See Culture.].

 The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

arboriculture, n. the cultivation of trees and shrubs.

Derivative

arboricultural adj. arboriculturist n.

Etymology

L arbor -oris tree, after agriculture

ROGET THESAURUS

arboriculture

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.