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
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 books which shall not be proscribed are those of medicine and pharmacy, of divination ..., of agriculture and of arboriculture.
From The Problem of China by Russell, Bertrand
Sir Walter Scott himself may be said to be the father of arboriculture in the South of Scotland.
From In the Border Country by W. S.
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