horticulturist

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noun

A gardener; a person interested in or practicing horticulture.

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horticultor
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Meanings

nounhorticulturist (plural horticulturists)

plural horticulturists

  1. A gardener; a person interested in or practicing horticulture.

    […] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place.

    2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)

    Synonyms: horticultor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA gardener; a person interested in or practicing horticulture.

Similar
horticultor
Also see
horticultor

Origin

From horticulture + -ist.. By surface analysis, horti- + cult + -ure + -ist.

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Translations

Catalan horticultor, horticultora
  • horticultora gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
  • horticultoraa gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Finnish puutarhuri
  • puutarhuria gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Icelandic garðyrkjufræðingur, garðyrkjumaður
  • garðyrkjufræðingura gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
  • garðyrkjumaðura gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Indonesian hortikulturis
  • hortikulturisa gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Irish gairneoir, gortóir
  • gairneoira gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
  • gortóira gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Italian orticoltore
  • orticoltorea gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Portuguese horticultor
  • horticultora gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Romanian horticultor, horticultoare
  • horticultora gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
  • horticultoarea gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Russian садово́д
  • садово́д (sadovód)a gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Swedish trädgårdsodlare, trädgårdsägare
  • trädgårdsodlarea gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
  • trädgårdsägarea gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
  • trädgårdsmästarea gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
  • hortonoma gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Tagalog dalubhalmanan
  • dalubhalmanana gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture
Cite this entry
APA

horticulturist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horticulturist

MLA

“horticulturist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horticulturist. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horticulturist,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horticulturist.

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