hortic.
hortic. is the abbreviation of horticultural.
hortic. is the abbreviation of horticulture.
Meaning of horticultural
Adjective
horticultural (comparative more horticultural, superlative most horticultural)
- Of or pertaining to horticulture; connected with gardening.
- Throughout the garden there was, indeed, much arrangement, and much art; from the water-jet, trained to fling its silvery cascade, to the yew trees shaped into peacocks; still it was arrangement prompted by taste, and art that loved the nature which it guided. And if the horticultural skill, on...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 34–35
Meaning of horticulture
Noun
horticulture (usually uncountable, plural horticultures)
- The 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
- Small-scale agriculture.
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- Hortic. is the abbreviation of horticultural.
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