horticulturist
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- noun
- /ˌhɔːrtɪˈkʌltʃərɪst/
- Specialized
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horticultor
- She's a horticulturist.
This is a very fancy term that botanists and horticulturists use to define growth tips.
- This is a very fancy term that botanists and horticulturists use to define growth tips.
Examples
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Mrs Faure is a horticulturist.
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How were horticulturists supposed to agree on the name for a tree or a flower?
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Why did the horticulturist walk across the hotel lobby?
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I've been a professional horticulturist for, like, 12 years.
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Nina would have made a good horticulturist or a good pastry chef.
Fiction book (1990) -
According to Sven Svenson, an Oregon State horticulturist, all leaves have three types of pigments.
Blog text (4) -
Most commercial horticulturists and hundreds of home gardeners have toured the compost facility.
Academic text (1995) -
By the time they purchased the property, both Louis and Prosper Berckmans had made reputations in America as horticulturists and pomologists.
Academic text (2015) -
To determine the overall textural quality of a tomato, horticulturist Judith Abbott measures the fruit's elastic and viscous properties.
Academic text (1998) -
The experienced horticulturist specializes in breeding new varieties of roses for local gardens.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who cares for plants and lawns in a garden
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A person who raises plants or crops to sell
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A person who prepares and looks after land to grow crops or plants
A woman who knows a lot about growing plants and loves doing it
A person who is good at growing and caring for plants
A person who grows plants or crops on land
How Expert
Surface Forms
Morphology
horticulturist = horticulture (transparent) = horticulture + ist
Formed by the noun 'horticulture' plus the agentive suffix '-ist', meaning a person who practices or specializes in horticulture.
Etymology
The word horticulturist comes from horti-, from the Latin hortus 'garden', and from culture 'to grow', a root you also see in agriculture. So a horticulturist is a person who grows and cares for garden plants.