单词 | pomiculture |
释义 | pomiculturen. The practice or art of cultivating fruit; fruit growing. In later use sometimes applied spec. to the cultivation of apples. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] orcharding1625 pomology1818 pomiculture1852 1852 Trans. State Agric. Soc. Michigan 1851 3 167 Mahogany... The circumstances attending its introduction for household use, are..detailed by Philips, in his work on Pomiculture. 1876 A. J. Evans Through Bosnia vi. 250 The Bosniacs show themselves absolutely incapable of pomiculture. 1894 Tablet 27 Oct. 648 Valuable directions..with reference to pomiculture. 1910 Times 8 Feb. 11/5 It is quaint to find M. Rostand..as ignorant of pomiculture as M. Maeterlinck. 1929 Eugenics Rev. July 95/1 The fact that apples fall from trees was probably too well known before Newton's day for his discovery to be of much assistance in furthering the craft of pomiculture. 1963 China Q. No. 14. 85 An all-purpose work-team is engaged in more than one sector of agriculture, such as..engaging in pomiculture, crop-raising, etc., concurrently. 1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 Jan. 12/1 Normandy and Brittany..made increasing quantities of cider, and tracts on pomology and pomiculture proliferated in the 18th century. 2000 BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific (Nexis) 9 June Technological exchanges in areas of interest to both sides, such as pomiculture, viticulture, vegetable growing, and crop seed selection. Derivatives pomiˈculturist n. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > one who fruiterer1612 pomarist1688 orchardist1794 orchardman1796 fruitist1824 pomologist1826 fruiter1887 pomiculturist1895 1895 N. Brit. Daily Mail 27 Sept. 4 We pay..upwards of seven hundred thousand pounds annually..to Transatlantic pomiculturists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1852 |
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