Meanings
nounhorticulture (usually uncountable, plural horticultures)
plural horticultures
- uncountableusuallyThe art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.
Let any one compare the fruit of one of the largest varieties exhibited at our Shows with that of the wild wood strawberry, or, which will be a fairer comparison, with the somewhat larger fruit of the wild American Virginian Strawberry, and he will see what prodigies horticulture has effected.
1868, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 351 - uncountableusuallySmall-scale agriculture.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latin*horticultūra
- Englishhorticulture
Borrowed from Latin *horticultūra. Attested since 1678.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَسْتَنَة
- بَسْتَنَة (bastana)the science of caring for gardens
Bengali উদ্যানতত্ত্ব
- উদ্যানতত্ত্ব (uddanototto)the science of caring for gardens
Bulgarian градина́рство, растениевъ́дство
- градина́рство (gradinárstvo)the science of caring for gardens
- растениевъ́дство (rastenievắdstvo)the science of caring for gardens
Catalan horticultura
- horticulturathe science of caring for gardens
Chinese Mandarin 園藝 /园艺, 園藝學 /园艺学
- 園藝 /园艺 (yuányì)the science of caring for gardens
- 園藝學 /园艺学the science of caring for gardens
- 小農耕作 /小农耕作 (xiǎonóng gēngzuò)small scale agriculture
- 小規模農業 /小规模农业 (xiǎoguīmó nóngyè)small scale agriculture
Czech zahradnictví, zahradnictví
- zahradnictvíthe science of caring for gardens
- zahradnictvísmall scale agriculture
Danish havebrug
- havebrugthe science of caring for gardens
Dutch tuinbouw, tuinderij
- tuinbouwthe science of caring for gardens
- tuinderijsmall scale agriculture
Estonian taimekasvatus, aiandus
- taimekasvatusthe science of caring for gardens
- aiandusthe science of caring for gardens
Finnish puutarhanhoito, puutarhanviljely
- puutarhanhoitothe science of caring for gardens
- puutarhanviljelythe science of caring for gardens
- puutarhatalousthe science of caring for gardens
- pienviljelysmall scale agriculture
French horticulture
- horticulturethe science of caring for gardens
German Gartenkultur, Hortikultur
- Gartenkulturthe science of caring for gardens
- Hortikulturthe science of caring for gardens
- Gartenbauthe science of caring for gardens
Greek κηπουρική, κηπευτική
- κηπουρική (kipourikí)the science of caring for gardens
- κηπευτική (kipeftikí)the science of caring for gardens
- φυτοκομία (fytokomía)small scale agriculture
Hebrew גינון, גִּנּוּן
- גינוןthe science of caring for gardens
- גִּנּוּן (ginún)the science of caring for gardens
Hindi बाग़बानी, उद्यान-विज्ञान
- बाग़बानी (bāġbānī)the science of caring for gardens
- उद्यान-विज्ञान (udyān-vijñān)the science of caring for gardens
- बाग़कारी (bāġkārī)the science of caring for gardens
Hungarian kertészet, kertművelés
- kertészetthe science of caring for gardens
- kertművelésthe science of caring for gardens
Icelandic garðyrkjufræði, garðrækt
- garðyrkjufræðithe science of caring for gardens
- garðræktsmall scale agriculture
- garðyrkjasmall scale agriculture
Indonesian hortikultura
- hortikulturathe science of caring for gardens
Italian orticoltura
- orticolturathe science of caring for gardens
Japanese 園芸, ガーデニング
- 園芸 (engei)the science of caring for gardens
- ガーデニング (gādeningu)the science of caring for gardens
Korean 원예
- 원예 (wonye)the science of caring for gardens
Latvian augkopība, dārzkopība
- augkopībathe science of caring for gardens
- dārzkopībathe science of caring for gardens
Lithuanian sodininkystė
- sodininkystėthe science of caring for gardens
Malay هورتيکولتور, kulturkebunan
- هورتيکولتور (hortikultur)the science of caring for gardens
- kulturkebunanthe science of caring for gardens
Māori ahumāra, ahuota
- ahumārathe science of caring for gardens
- ahuotathe science of caring for gardens
- ahumārasmall scale agriculture
Norwegian Bokmål hagebruk, hagebruk
- hagebrukthe science of caring for gardens
- hagebruksmall scale agriculture
Persian باغبانی
- باغبانی (bâġbâni)the science of caring for gardens
Polish ogrodnictwo
- ogrodnictwothe science of caring for gardens
Portuguese horticultura
- horticulturathe science of caring for gardens
Romanian horticultură, grădinărit
- horticulturăthe science of caring for gardens
- grădinăritthe science of caring for gardens
Russian садово́дство, огоро́дничество
- садово́дство (sadovódstvo)the science of caring for gardens
- огоро́дничество (ogoródničestvo)the science of caring for gardens
- растениево́дство (rastenijevódstvo)the science of caring for gardens
Scottish Gaelic tuathanachas-gàrraidh
- tuathanachas-gàrraidhthe science of caring for gardens
Slovak záhradníctvo, záhradníctvo
- záhradníctvothe science of caring for gardens
- záhradníctvosmall scale agriculture
Spanish horticultura, jardinería
- horticulturathe science of caring for gardens
- jardineríasmall scale agriculture
Swedish hortikultur
- hortikulturthe science of caring for gardens
Tagalog palahalmanan
- palahalmananthe science of caring for gardens
Tamil தோட்டக்கலை, தோட்டவியல்
- தோட்டக்கலை (tōṭṭakkalai)the science of caring for gardens
- தோட்டவியல் (tōṭṭaviyal)the science of caring for gardens
Thai พืชกรรมสวน
- พืชกรรมสวนthe science of caring for gardens
Turkish bahçecilik
- bahçecilikthe science of caring for gardens
Ukrainian садівни́цтво, горо́дництво
- садівни́цтво (sadivnýctvo)the science of caring for gardens
- горо́дництво (horódnyctvo)the science of caring for gardens
- росли́нництво (roslýnnyctvo)the science of caring for gardens
Urdu بَاغْبَانِی
- بَاغْبَانِی (bāġbānī)the science of caring for gardens
Vietnamese nghề làm vườn
- nghề làm vườnthe science of caring for gardens
Welsh garddwriaeth
- garddwriaeththe science of caring for gardens
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