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Definition of Arboriculture

1. Noun. The cultivation of tree for the production of timber.

Definition of Arboriculture

1. n. The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.

Definition of Arboriculture

1. Noun. The branch of horticulture concerned with the planting and growth of trees ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arboriculture

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Arboriculture

1. The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes. Origin: L. Arbor tree + cultura. See Culture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arboriculture

Literary usage of Arboriculture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910)
"SUBJECT: "arboriculture." I HAVE been overwhelmed to-night with the volume of technical information. There have been more expert professors at this meeting ..."

2. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1829)
"And yet, the beauty produced by the art of arboriculture is not more striking to the eye than on closer inspection, its usefulness becomes apparent to the ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"On the Application of Scientific and Practical arboriculture in Canada. By Professor BROWN. 8. Tlie Distribution of Canadian Forest Trees. By AT DRUMMOND. ..."

4. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"SECTION' I.—DRAINING AS APPLICABLE TO arboriculture. 563. ... Drainage, as applicable to arboriculture, is necessarily a very different operation from ..."

5. Timber: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in All Its Aspects, Commercial and by Paul Charpentier, Joseph Kennell, tr (1902)
"IDEAS AS TO arboriculture—LOPPING. The science of arboriculture has for its object the fixing of rules which must be followed in order to wood waste and ..."

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