Meanings
- rareuncountableThe cultivation of grapes to produce wine; viniculture.
Intricate estate planning has assured the continuity of the McCurdy family fortunes, based in California banking, aeronautics and oenoculture. But when the head of the clan is blown up in his private airplane, the McCurdys take to feuding among one another.
1976 July 4, Martin Levin, “New Novel”, in The New York Times, page BR5
Origin
From oeno- (“wine”) + Latin cultūra (“cultivation”). Compare viticulture, viniculture, apiculture, boviculture etc.
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