horticulture
Syllables: hor·ti·cul·tureUK/ˈhɔː.tɪˌkʌl.tʃə(ɹ)//ˈhɔɹ.tɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
horticulture noun: the art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.
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.
horticulture meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
horticulture in Hindi
- the science of caring for gardens
- बाग़बानी bāġbānī, उद्यान-विज्ञान udyān-vijñān, बाग़कारी bāġkārī
horticulture in Tamil
- the science of caring for gardens
- தோட்டக்கலை tōṭṭakkalai, தோட்டவியல் tōṭṭaviyal
horticulture in Marathi
- फलोत्पादन
horticulture in Urdu
- the science of caring for gardens
- بَاغْبَانِی bāġbānī
More languagesFewer languages
- horticulture in Bengali
- উদ্যানতত্ত্ব uddanototto
- horticulture in Malayalam
- തോട്ടക്കൃഷി tōṭṭakkr̥ṣi
- horticulture in Kannada
- ತೋಟಗಾರಿಕೆ tōṭagārike
- horticulture in Gujarati
- બાગાયત
- horticulture in Nepali
- बागवानी, उद्यानिकी
- horticulture in Tagalog
- palahalmanan
- horticulture in Arabic
- بَسْتَنَة bastana
- horticulture in Malay
- kulturkebunan
- horticulture in Indonesian
- hortikultura
- horticulture in Persian
- باغبانی bâġbâni
- horticulture in Thai
- พืชกรรมสวน
- horticulture in Vietnamese
- nghề làm vườn
Forms of horticulture
| plural | horticultures |
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Origin of horticulture
Borrowed from Latin *horticultūra. Attested since the late 1600s.
Words formed from horticulture
Questions about horticulture
- What does horticulture mean?
- Horticulture means the art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.
- What is horticulture in Hindi?
- Horticulture in Hindi is बाग़बानी (bāġbānī), उद्यान-विज्ञान (udyān-vijñān), बाग़कारी (bāġkārī). See Horticulture meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is horticulture?
- Horticulture is a noun.
- How do you pronounce horticulture?
- Horticulture is pronounced /ˈhɔː.tɪˌkʌl.tʃə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of horticulture?
- The plural of horticulture is horticultures.
Words near horticulture in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: horticulture (page history and authors); horticulture (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); horticulture (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); horticulture (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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