plantsman
Americannoun
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a nurseryman.
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a horticulturist.
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a person with a keen interest in and wide knowledge of plants and their cultivation.
noun
Gender
See -man.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of plantsman
1880–85; plant + -s 3 + -man, on the model of gamesman, marksman, etc.
Example Sentences
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Until very recently, so did the British architect Ben Pentreath, who with his husband, plantsman Charlie McCormick, transformed a parsonage garden in the Bride Valley into an Instagram sensation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Enter Riz Reyes, a horticulturist and plantsman who has all the professional know-how to grow plants blindfolded, but doesn’t own a home with a yard.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2021
“People used to be so afraid of death in the garden,” the Dutch plantsman Henk Gerritsen once said, as recounted by the English garden designer and writer Noel Kingsbury.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2019
He works the organically rich, red-clay soil of Tufton Farm, one of Jefferson’s satellite farms that was important to his famous experiments as a plantsman in the early republic he helped found.
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2019
Documentary filmmaker Thomas Piper profiles designer and plantsman Piet Oudolf in this immersive look at his work and creative process.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2018
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