Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cultivation of flowering and ornamental plants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cultivation of flowers or of flowering plants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The cultivation of flowering plants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
farming offlowers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the cultivation of flowering plants
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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For those interested in floriculture, plants, cactus and succulents, consider a stopover at Fortín de Las Flores, perhaps as a taking - off point for a diversion to Veracruz.
A driving tour from Oaxaca to San Cristobal de las Casas and Palenque: Part Two 2009
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For those interested in floriculture, plants, cactus and succulents, consider a stopover at Fortín de Las Flores, perhaps as a taking - off point for a diversion to Veracruz.
A driving tour from Oaxaca to San Cristobal de las Casas and Palenque: Part Two 2009
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For those interested in floriculture, plants, cactus and succulents, consider a stopover at Fortín de Las Flores, perhaps as a taking - off point for a diversion to Veracruz.
A driving tour from Oaxaca to San Cristobal de las Casas and Palenque: Part Two 2009
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For those interested in floriculture, plants, cactus and succulents, consider a stopover at Fortín de Las Flores, perhaps as a taking - off point for a diversion to Veracruz.
A driving tour from Oaxaca to San Cristobal de las Casas and Palenque: Part Two 2009
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At the time when Cornelius van Baerle began to devote himself to tulip-growing, expending on this hobby his yearly revenue and the guilders of his father, there was at Dort, living next door to him, a citizen of the name of Isaac Boxtel who from the age when he was able to think for himself had indulged the same fancy, and who was in ecstasies at the mere mention of the word "tulban," which (as we are assured by the "Floriste Francaise," the most highly considered authority in matters relating to this flower) is the first word in the Cingalese tongue which was ever used to designate that masterpiece of floriculture which is now called the tulip.
The Black Tulip Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836
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His father, Mario, was a tropical agronomist and botanist who also taught agriculture and floriculture.
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His father, Mario, was a tropical agronomist and botanist who also taught agriculture and floriculture.
August « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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For instance, the Dutch dahlia trade is said to be worth some 50 million dollars a year, the second highest figure for floriculture after tulips.
Did You Know? Mexico's national flower is the humble dahlia 2008
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For instance, the Dutch dahlia trade is said to be worth some 50 million dollars a year, the second highest figure for floriculture after tulips.
Did You Know? Mexico's national flower is the humble dahlia 2008
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The development of an International Airport at Srinagar, which is nearing completion, holds promise for boosting the export of high value floriculture, horticulture, handicrafts and other products.
Bridge the gap between promise, potential and performance: J&K Governor 2009
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