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horticulture

noun
/ˈhɔː.tɪˌkʌl.tʃə(ɹ)/UK/ˈhɔɹ.tɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰórtos Proto-Italic *hortos Latin hortus Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English horticulture 17th century, from the Latin word hortus (“garden”) + culture (on the model of agriculture). By surface analysis, horti- + cult + -ure.

Definitions

  1. The art or science of cultivating gardens

    The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.

  2. Small-scale agriculture.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for horticulture. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA