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arboriculture

American  
[ahr-ber-i-kuhl-cher, ahr-bawr-, -bohr-] / ˈɑr bər ɪˌkʌl tʃər, ɑrˈbɔr-, -ˈboʊr- /

noun

  1. the cultivation of trees and shrubs.


arboriculture British  
/ ˈɑːbərɪˌkʌltʃə /

noun

  1. the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber

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Other Word Forms

  • arboricultural adjective
  • arboriculturist noun

Etymology

Origin of arboriculture

First recorded in 1820–30; arbor 3 + (agr)iculture

Example Sentences

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Catherine Nuttgens, an arboriculture specialist who led the judging, said: "The destruction of the Sycamore Gap felt so utterly senseless, but this trees of hope initiative has kept that sense of joy alive."

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

So you could say Jude and I are happily engaged in agriculture or arboriculture, or something like that.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2017

In England, however, arboriculture, the planting and nursing of single trees, has, until recently, been better understood than sylviculture, the sowing and training of the forest.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

A yearly grant for arboriculture is now made to every district.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William

In England, however, arboriculture, the planting and nursing of single trees, has, until comparatively recent times, been better understood than sylviculture, the sowing and training of the forest.

From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.