arboriculture
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- arboricultural adjective
- arboriculturist noun
Etymology
Origin of arboriculture
First recorded in 1820–30; arbor 3 + (agr)iculture
Example Sentences
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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
A little arboriculture, the laurel; a little horticulture, the sun-flower.
From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Gosse, Edmund
As in the more advanced methods of arboriculture, every effort is made to obtain the maximum production of quality coffee consistent with the smallest outlay of money and labor.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
In England, however, arboriculture, the planting and nursing of single trees, has, until comparatively recent times, been better understood than sylviculture, the sowing and training of the forest.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
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