floriculture

Floriculture has to contend with many fungoid enemies, which sometimes commit great ravages amongst the choicest flowers.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
Novels are not handbooks on floriculture, banking, railways, or the management of department stores.
The Bibliotaph|Leon H. Vincent
It is well to reserve a nook for little experiments in horticulture or floriculture which one wishes to make.
A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed.|William Chauncey Bartlett
Named for Claudius Boutelou, a Spanish writer upon floriculture and agriculture.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States|Asa Gray

No longer than thirty years ago it was rare to find any other than a foreigner engaged in commercial floriculture.
Garden and Forest Weekly, Volume 1 No. 1, February 29, 1888|Various

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floriculture

/ (ˈflɔːrɪˌkʌltʃə) /

noun

the cultivation of flowering plants

Derived forms of floriculture

floricultural, adjectivefloriculturist, noun

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