Word Study
silviculture
OXFORD DICTIONARY
silviculture, n. (also sylviculture) the growing and tending of trees as a branch of forestry.
Derivative
silvicultural adj. silviculturist n.
Etymology
F f. L silva a wood + F culture CULTURE
THESAURUS
silviculture
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