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bombiculture

bombiculture noun: the raising of bees for use as pollinators in agriculture, typically within hothouses.

Noun

bombiculture (uncountable)

  1. The raising of bees for use as pollinators in agriculture, typically within hothouses.
    • U.S. bombiculture, the rearing of bumble bees, faces many more serious problems than does megachileculture—the rearing of leafcutter bees.2007, Status of Pollinators in North America, National Research Council

Origin of bombiculture

From Spanish bomba + culture.

Questions about bombiculture

What does bombiculture mean?
Bombiculture means the raising of bees for use as pollinators in agriculture, typically within hothouses.
What part of speech is bombiculture?
Bombiculture is a noun.

Words near bombiculture in the dictionary

  1. bombesin
  2. bombesins
  3. bombic
  4. bombic acid
  5. bombiccite
  6. bombiculture
  7. bombie
  8. Bombieri-Friedlander-Iwaniec theorem
  9. bombies
  10. bombil
  11. bombilate

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