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horticultural, a.|hɔːtɪˈkʌltjʊərəl, -tʃər-|
[f. as horticulture + -al1.]
1. Of or pertaining to horticulture; connected with the cultivation of a garden.
1778–9V. Knox Ess. cxv. (R.), I should not hesitate to allot the first place, in an estimate of horticultural graces, to the weeping willow. 1805T. A. Knight (title) Report of a Committee of the Horticultural Society of London. 1820Shelley Witch Atl. xxxii, Like an horticultural adept, Stole a strange seed, and wrapt it up in mould. 1872Yeats Growth Comm. 141 [Haarlem] early celebrated for its horticultural produce.
2. Comb. horticultural exhibition, horticultural fête, horticultural show.
1847F. A. Kemble Let. 23 June in Rec. Later Life (1882) III. 204 Some unique foreign flower, sent..to blossom at the Chiswick *horticultural exhibition.
1840J. Romilly Diary 16 July (1967) 197 We then went to the *Horticultural Fete in the dining room..at Downing.
1843Ainsworth's Mag. IV. 100 A dazzling conservatory that looked like a *horticultural show. 1853C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe i. 3 This [camellia] is to go to the horticultural show. 1858Queen Victoria Let. 21 Apr. in R. Fulford Dearest Child (1964) 93 We have just returned from a horticultural show in St. James's Hall. 1952Oxf. Jun. Encycl. VI. 14 The most important horticultural show is the Chelsea Flower Show. 1973P. Moyes Curious Affair Third Dog viii. 104 A sort of scroll proclaiming that Henry Heathfield had taken second prize for tomatoes at the County Horticultural Show. |