arboriculture
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of arboriculture
First recorded in 1820–30; arbor 3 + (agr)iculture
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"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
Near the villages are also found some aspen trees; but, on account of the unfertility of the ground, arboriculture is unknown and gardening is little successful.
From The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery by Nicolas Notovitch
If Mr. Langly had gone into arboriculture instead of into the ministry, he would have planted nothing but weeping-willows.
From The Stillwater Tragedy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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