plantsman

American  

[plants-muhn, plahnts-] / ˈplænts mən, ˈplɑnts- /

noun

plural

plantsmen

1. a nurseryman.

2. a horticulturist.

3. a person with a keen interest in and wide knowledge of plants and their cultivation.

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plantsman British  

/ ˈplɑːntsmən /

noun

1. an experienced gardener who specializes in collecting rare or interesting plants

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Gender

See -man.

Etymology

Origin of plantsman

1880–85; plant + -s ³ + -man, on the model of gamesman, marksman, etc.

Example Sentences

On Father’s Day, treat the plantsman in your life to one of these houseplants, in stock at Los Angeles plant stores.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2021

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

It was largely down to his prowess as a garden designer and plantsman that he was asked to lead the enquiry on the state of the nation's forests and their care.

From Nature • Mar. 13, 2014