floriculture
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- floricultural adjective
- floriculturally adverb
- floriculturist noun
Etymology
Origin of floriculture
Example Sentences
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Ethiopia’s government promoted manufacturing with some successes in cement and floriculture, but its leading state enterprise asked North Korea for help to build 10 sugar mills as part of a vast sugar-development project.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Once back at their respective homes, they carried on their floriculture conversation, fawning over the flowers found on each other’s Instagram feeds — and commiserating over the less-than-inspiring landscaping supplies in their yards.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2022
"The project was born from hard times," said Klaus Graetzer, Boutique Flowers floriculture manager and president of hemp startup CannAndes.
From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2021
Botanic Garden conservatory at 100 Maryland Ave. SW, where a rear gallery is devoted to a gently didactic exhibition of the history of the poinsettia in U.S. floriculture.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2017
Flower-gardening, or the cultivation of plants valued for their bloom in making ornamental beds and borders and furnishing flowers for the decoration of the home, is generally called floriculture.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William
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