arboriculture
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of arboriculture
First recorded in 1820–30; arbor 3 + (agr)iculture
Example Sentences
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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
Etna has many points of interest for all classes of scientific men, and not least for the student of arboriculture.
From The Grand Old Man by Cook, Richard B. (Richard Briscoe)
The mop-stick appearance of the olive is an artificial beauty; to make it look like an umbrella is the ne plus ultra of arboriculture.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852 by Chambers, William
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