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horticultural

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hor·ti·cul·ture  (hôrt-klchr)
n.
1. The science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants.
2. The cultivation of a garden.
[Latin hortus, garden; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots + (agri)culture.]
horti·cultur·al adj.
horti·cultur·al·ly adv.
horti·cultur·ist n.
horticultural [ˌhɔːtɪˈkʌltʃərəl]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) of or relating to horticulture
horticulturally  adv
horticulturalist  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.horticultural - of or relating to the cultivation of plants
Translations
horticultural [ˌhɔːtɪˈkʌltʃərəl] ADJ → hortícola
horticultural show → exposición f de horticultura
horticultural [ˌhɔːrtɪˈkʌltʃərəl] adj [society, show] → horticole
horticultural
adj → Garten(bau)-; horticultural show → Gartenschau f, → Gartenbauausstellung f
horticultural [ˌhɔːtɪˈkʌltʃ/ər/əl] adj → di orticoltura
horticultural [ˌhɔːtɪˈkʌltʃ/ər/əl] adj → di orticoltura


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He raised a certain building in his court-yard by a story, which shutting out the sun, took half a degree of warmth from Boxtel's garden, and, on the other hand, added half a degree of cold in winter; not to mention that it cut the wind, and disturbed all the horticultural calculations and arrangements of his neighbour.
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The daguerreotypist had found these beans in a garret, over one of the seven gables, treasured up in an old chest of drawers by some horticultural Pyncheon of days gone by, who doubtless meant to sow them the next summer, but was himself first sown in Death's garden-ground.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
I made a point of spending as much time as possible in the garden, to justify the picture I had originally given of my horticultural passion.
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