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horticulture

/hawr-ti-kuhl-cher/US // ˈhɔr tɪˌkʌl tʃər //UK // (ˈhɔːtɪˌkʌltʃə) //

园艺,园艺业,园艺学,园林

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
    • : the science and art of cultivating such plants.

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Examples

  • If we eat the part derived from the ovaries or other reproductive tissue, we call it a fruit, explains Marvin Pritts, a horticulture researcher and professor at Cornell University.

  • In response, many new at-home gardeners sowed the seeds to meet demand, investing in household horticulture.

  • Edelstein’s communications background prepared her to lead the organization—known, when she joined, as the New England Wild Flower Society—in a rebranding that reflects both its conservation and horticulture work.

  • We hired a guy called Patrick Cullina, who was at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, to run the horticulture and operations of the park.

  • All the common garden fruits of Europe flourish here; but too little attention is paid to horticulture.

  • The botanical garden and hot-house are on a large scale, and exhibit a favorable specimen of the present state of horticulture.

  • The first contains the laws relating to agriculture and horticulture; the second, those which refer to feasts and holidays.

  • In agriculture and horticulture the influence of the farm or the fruit crop rarely extends beyond the owner's fence.

  • Observe now the chromatic variety and beauty produced by intelligent horticulture!