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Definition of Floriculture
1. Noun. The cultivation of flowering plants.
Generic synonyms: Gardening, Horticulture
Derivative terms: Floricultural
Definition of Floriculture
1. n. The cultivation of flowering plants.
Definition of Floriculture
1. Noun. The farming of flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Floriculture
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Floriculture
1. The cultivation of flowering plants. Origin: L. Flos, floris, flower + cultura culture. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floriculture
Literary usage of Floriculture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1902)
"floriculture is the cultivation of plaats and flowers for pleasure or profit.
Plants have been cultivated more or less through all the ages up to the ..."
2. Vocations for the Trained Woman: Opportunities Other Than Teaching by Perkins, Agnes Frances, 1875- (1910)
"floriculture EA WHITE ... floriculture offers excellent opportunities for women,
and there are several successfully engaged in the business in Massachusetts ..."
3. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1848)
"V. floriculture] and Botanical Notices of Ne H Beautiful Plants figured in Foreign
Periodicals - with Descriptions of those recently introduced to ' inated ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1857)
"... volume of an 01(1 French work called Secrets de Merry; it contained odd and
old receipts in French for all sorts of trades, illnesses, floriculture, &c. ..."
5. The American Girl's Home Book of Work and Play by Helen Campbell (1894)
"CHAPTER XVIII. floriculture. floriculture is the most charming of all those
out-of- «toor amusements to which American girls are more and more devoted. ..."
6. An Historical and Descriptive Account of British America: Comprehending by Hugh Murray (1839)
"... Flax, Hemp, Tobacco—Live Stock, Quality and Treatment—Horticulture—floriculture—
Maple Sugar—Agricultural Processes—Hunting and Shooting —Fishery. ..."
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