Horticulture

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Horticulture \Hor"ti*cul`ture\, n. [L. hortus garden + cultura
     culture: cf. F. horticulture. See {Yard} an inclosure, and
     {Culture}.]
     The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of
     cultivating gardens or orchards.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  horticulture
       n : the cultivation of plants [syn: {gardening}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "horticulture":
     bloom, blossom, blow, citriculture, floret, floriculture, floscule,
     flower, flower gardening, flower-growing, floweret, fruit-growing,
     gardening, groundskeeping, hortorium, landscape architecture,
     landscape gardening, market gardening, olericulture, orcharding,
     pomiculture, posy, truck gardening, viniculture, wildflower