horticulture

名词 n.
/ˈhɔː.tɪˌkʌl.tʃə(ɹ)/    /ˈhɔɹ.tɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening. uncountable,usually
    — Let any one compare the fruit of one of the largest varieties exhibited at our Shows with that of the wild wood strawberry, or, which will be a fairer comparison, with the somewhat larger fruit of the wild American Virginian Strawberry, and he will see what prodigies horticulture has effected.
  2. Small-scale agriculture. uncountable,usually

词形变化

horticultures plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰórtos
Proto-Italic *hortos
Latin hortus
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?
Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?
Latin -tūra
Latin cultūrader.
Middle French cultureder.
English culture
English horticulture
17th century, from the Latin word hortus (“garden”) + culture (on the model of agriculture). By surface analysis, horti- + cult + -ure.
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