单词 | horticulture |
释义 | horticulturen. The cultivation of a garden; the art or science of cultivating or managing gardens, including the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > [noun] gardening1481 gardenage1601 horticulture1678 gardenership1711 garden craft1833 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) App. Horticulture, the tillage, dressing, or improvement of Gardens, as Agriculture of other Grounds. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria Ded. sig. av The Product of Horticulture, and the Field. 1713 A. Evans Vertumnus 13 Hail, Horticulture's Sapient King! Receive the Homage that we bring. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 410 Temple, in his intervals of leisure, had tried many experiments in horticulture. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1678 |
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