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HORTICULTURIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)

Synonyms:

horticulturist; plantsman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("horticulturist" is a kind of...):

expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horticulturist"):

gardener; nurseryman (someone who takes care of a garden)

Instance hyponyms:

Burbank; Luther Burbank (United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926))

Derivation:

horticulture (the cultivation of plants)

Credits