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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

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Etymology

Origin of sylviculture

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

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All the treatises on sylviculture are full of narratives of forest fires.

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

The prairies have never been wooded, so far as we know their history, and it has been contended that successful sylviculture would be impracticable in those regions from the want of rain.

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

England, forest economy of, 221; large extent of ornamental plantations, 222; Forests of, described by Cæsar, 222; private enterprise in sylviculture, 292; sand dunes of, 507.

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

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.