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Definition of Plantsman
1. Noun. An expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants).
Generic synonyms: Expert
Specialized synonyms: Gardener, Nurseryman
Specialized synonyms: Burbank, Luther Burbank
Derivative terms: Horticulture
Definition of Plantsman
1. Noun. An expert on the identification and cultivation of plants ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plantsman
1. [n PLANTSMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plantsman
Literary usage of Plantsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America's Curious Botanist: A Tercentennial Reappraisal of John Bartram by Nancy Everill Hoffmann, John C. Van Horne (2004)
"Collinson was always as much a man of commerce as he was a plantsman and ...
As well as being an inspired plantsman he had a scientific (that is to say, ..."
2. America's Curious Botanist: A Tercentennial Reappraisal of John Bartram by Nancy Everill Hoffmann, John C. Van Horne (2004)
"Collinson was always as much a man of commerce as he was a plantsman and ...
As well as being an inspired plantsman he had a scientific (that is to say, ..."
3. The Fruit-growers Guide-book by Ernest Howard Favor (1911)
"... the plantsman of today needs know how to prepare less than a dozen different
sprays in order to control any of the diseases for which a remedy is known. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... and disseminated, the plantsman and buyer become perplexed and discouraged,
and proper interest is not awakened. This often results in the over-use of ..."
5. Poet Lore (1898)
"Oh, of course, what he had said of the little training he had received was true,
but he was a common plantsman, nothing more. He had told her those things ..."
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