floriculture

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

floriculture
    n 1: the cultivation of flowering plants [syn: {flower
         gardening}, {floriculture}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Floriculture \Flo"ri*cul`ture\ (? or ?; 135, 277), n. [L. flos,
   floris, flower + cultura culture.]
   The cultivation of flowering plants.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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