floriculture
[flawr-i-kuhl-cher, flohr-]
- the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
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Origin of floriculture
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landscaping, cultivation, planting, farming, agriculture, growing, floriculture, tillage, viniculture, arboriculture, viticultureExamples from the Web for floriculture
Historical Examples
The Germans and Swiss had to come in and show us about market-gardening and floriculture.
A Little Girl of Long AgoAmanda Millie Douglas
Modern floriculture and vegetable-gardening are likely to run the year round.
Floriculture is an employment appropriate to all classes, ages, and conditions.
Soil CultureJ. H. Walden
From the early Greeks the Romans took their first lesson in floriculture.
Garden OrnamentsMary H. Northend
This, as far as we know, was the first attempt at the use of floriculture in time pieces.
Garden OrnamentsMary H. Northend
floriculture
- the cultivation of flowering plants
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Word Origin and History for floriculture
n.
1822, from Latin floris, genitive of flos "flower" (see flora) + -culture on analogy of agriculture. Related: Floricultural; floriculturist.
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