horticulture
noun
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Hortus is Latin for "garden", and the first gardens were planted about 10,000 years ago in what is often called the Fertile Crescent—the crescent-shaped area stretching from Israel north through Syria and down Iraq's two great rivers to the Persian Gulf. Probably more fertile in previous centuries than it is today, it was the original home of such food plants as wheat, barley, peas, and lentils or their ancient ancestors (not to mention the ancestors of cows, pigs, sheep, and goats as well). Many horticulturists today work as researchers or plant breeders or tend orchards and greenhouses—but most American households contain at least one amateur horticulturist.
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Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 16 June 2024
Enjoy afternoon of history, heritage and horticulture with tours for all interests and ages.
—Allison Kiehl, The Enquirer, 14 Apr. 2024
This in turn will open up 2,500 acres of hinterland suitable for such industries as livestock farming, horticulture, forestry, and processing and packing exports.
—Agio Pereira, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2014
Timely News and Features About Watches Time to Plant the Clock: Since 1903, the Scottish capital has maintained the Floral Clock, a landmark that mixes horology and horticulture.
—Ella Riley-Adams Jamie Sims Alice Newell-Hanson Jameson Montgomery Jameson Montgomery Caitie Kelly MacKenzie Oster, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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“Horticulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horticulture. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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