Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.

    Gartenkultur, Hortikultur, Gartenbau

    садово́дствоsadovódstvo, огоро́дничествоogoródničestvo, растениево́дствоrastenijevódstvo

    садівни́цтвоsadivnýctvo, горо́дництвоhoródnyctvo, росли́нництвоroslýnnyctvo

  2. (uncountable, usually)Small-scale agriculture.

More definitions
  • the cultivation of plants

Examples

4 sentences
  1. An artist can't speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

  2. An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

    deEin Künstler kann genauso wenig über seine Kunst sprechen, wie eine Pflanze Gartenbau erörtern kann. — raggione

  3. Mary got her Master's in horticulture.

  4. The federally sponsored National Horticulture Mission also offers assistance to the farmers with money, organic production facilities and improved seeds.

Translations

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By meaning 1
the science of caring for gardens:
Русский
By meaning 1
the science of caring for gardens:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the science of caring for gardens:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin *horticultūra. Attested since the late 1600s.

Borrowed from Latin *horticultūra. Attested since the late 1600s.

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Forms

plural: horticultures
Singularhorticulture

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

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