nurseryman
noun
a person who owns or conducts a plant nursery.
nurserymen
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pluralof nurseryman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The 20th century brought with it industrial production of poinsettias amid crafty horticulture and Hollywood marketing by father-son nurserymen at the Ecke Ranch in Southern California.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
But pioneering Florida nurserymen preferred his grapefruit to more convenient varieties, and understandably: Bracing and complex, simultaneously sweet and tart, they taste — at least to anyone with a memory — like grapefruit.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2017
Said Charles Poucher, director of the state's canker project: "It causes an extreme hardship on nurserymen, but it had to be done because we can't live with citrus canker."
From Time Magazine Archive
Academic research on plant-growth hormones, mainly done within the past decade, has plowed its ground so well that commercial hormone preparations are now available to nurserymen to stimulate root growth in cuttings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another expedient for facilitating the operation of budding is made use of by some of the nurserymen who grow peach trees extensively.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
