floriculture
pronunciation
How to pronounce floriculture in British English:
UK ['flɔ:rɪkʌltʃə]
How to pronounce floriculture in American English:
US ['floʊrɪˌkʌltʃə]
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- Noun:
- the cultivation of flowering plants
Word Origin
- floriculture (n.)
- 1822, from Latin floris, genitive of flos "flower" (see flora) + -culture on analogy of agriculture. Related: Floricultural; floriculturist.
Example
- 1. I hope to take up floriculture with my leisure .
- 2. National honor society for floriculture , landscape horticulture , and ornamental horticulture .
- 3. Experiment on producing technique of no soil floriculture cultivating and seedling in winter .
- 4. Areas of its specific interest include ornamental horticulture , landscape horticulture , floriculture , nursery management , urban forestry , and plant biotechnology .
- 5. School of agronomy and horticulture is primarily dedicated to research and education in agronomy and horticulture including postharvest horticulture , native floriculture , new crops , water and waste management , integrated crop management , crop production technology , agricultural molecular biotechnology , tropical and subtropical weeds research .