viticulture

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: vit=i=cul=ture

CIDE DICTIONARY

viticulture, n. [L. vitis vine + E. culture.].

 The cultivation of the vine; grape growing.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

viticulture, n. the cultivation of grapevines; the science or study of this.

Derivative

viticultural adj. viticulturist n.

Etymology

L vitis vine + CULTURE

ROGET THESAURUS

viticulture

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.