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sylviculture

American  
[sil-vi-kuhl-cher] / ˈsɪl vɪˌkʌl tʃər /

noun

  1. silviculture.


sylviculture British  
/ ˈsɪlvɪˌkʌltʃə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of silviculture

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sylviculture

< Latin sylv ( a ) (variant spelling of silva ) forest + -i- + culture

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In England, however, arboriculture, the planting and nursing of single trees, has, until recently, been better understood than sylviculture, the sowing and training of the forest.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

The principal feature of De Courval's very successful system of sylviculture, is a mode of trimming which compels the tree to develop the stem by reducing the lateral ramification.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

Other experiments in sylviculture at different points on the steppes promise valuable results.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

The experiments of the Vicomte de Courval in sylviculture throw much light on this subject, and show, in a most interesting way, the importance of pruning forest-trees.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

In fact, England is, I believe, the only European country where private enterprise has pursued sylviculture on a really great scale, though admirable examples have been set in many others.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

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