arboriculture

American  

[ahr-ber-i-kuhl-cher, ahr-bawr-, -bohr-] / ˈɑr bər ɪˌkʌl tʃər, ɑrˈbɔr-, -ˈboʊr- /

noun

1. the cultivation of trees and shrubs.

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arboriculture British  

/ ˈɑːbərɪˌkʌltʃə /

noun

1. the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• arboricultural
  adjective
• arboriculturist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of arboriculture

First recorded in 1820–30; arbor ³ + (agr)iculture

Example Sentences

"Wrexham recognised an urgent necessity to increase our urban canopy cover back in 2014," said Jon Brewin, an arboriculture officer at the council.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Catherine Nuttgens, an arboriculture specialist who led the judging, said: "The destruction of the Sycamore Gap felt so utterly senseless, but this trees of hope initiative has kept that sense of joy alive."

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

So you could say Jude and I are happily engaged in agriculture or arboriculture, or something like that.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2017

Extensive experiments are being carried on in plant-breeding, pomology, vegetable gardening, arboriculture and ornamental horticulture, and in the course of time a lot of valuable information will be gathered.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

I do wish that man had taken a course in arboriculture before he planted those trees.

From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Pearson, Francis B.

Related Words

• agriculture
• cultivation
• farming