horticulture

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

horticulture
    n 1: the cultivation of plants [syn: {gardening},
         {horticulture}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Horticulture \Hor"ti*cul`ture\, n. [L. hortus garden + cultura
   culture: cf. F. horticulture. See {Yard} an inclosure, and
   {Culture}.]
   The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of
   cultivating gardens or orchards.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 Moby Thesaurus words for "horticulture":
      bloom, blossom, blow, citriculture, floret, floriculture, floscule,
      flower, flower gardening, flower-growing, floweret, fruit-growing,
      gardening, groundskeeping, hortorium, landscape architecture,
      landscape gardening, market gardening, olericulture, orcharding,
      pomiculture, posy, truck gardening, viniculture, wildflower

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