horticulture

noun

Definition of horticulturenext
as in gardening
the science of growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers

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Recent Examples of horticulture Markis Hill is a Johnson County, Kansas State University Extension horticulture agent. — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026 Mayor Blake Roberts' family horticulture business has been part of the Forest Lake, Minnesota, community for generations. — Tony Peterson, CBS News, 17 June 2026 Damon Abdi is an assistant professor of landscape horticulture at Louisiana State University. — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 14 June 2026 Beth Bolles is a horticulture agent with the University of Florida IFAS Extension Escambia County. — Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for horticulture
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horticulture
  1. gardening
  2. agriculture
  3. cultivation
  4. farming
  5. tillage
  6. agronomy
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  • Emma Daugherty, gardening expert and director of marketing for Bath Center Garden and Nursery in Colorado, suggests planting native nut trees and fruit trees to attract a variety of birds.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 5 July 2026
  • A lot of gardening success depends on what is happening below the surface.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Definition of gardening
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  • Local agriculture can benefit from precision farming, predictive analytics, and resource optimization that increase productivity while lowering costs.
    — Britney Porter, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Yet despite those struggles, South Africa, one of Africa’s leading industrial economies, remains a destination for migrants willing to take low-paying jobs in domestic work, security and agriculture.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Definition of agriculture
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  • The crash site was forest in 1944, but it was later excavated for rice cultivation, Fong told Jackson.
    — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • The ruling also confirmed that the exemption for propagation material was not intended to create a broad commercial market, but it was supposed to be limited to private cultivation or within the framework of cultivation associations.
    — Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of cultivation
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  • Local agriculture can benefit from precision farming, predictive analytics, and resource optimization that increase productivity while lowering costs.
    — Britney Porter, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Regenerative agriculture is a sustainable farming practice focused on soil health.
    — Lizzie Kane June 29, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of farming
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  • Better practices such as cover crops, reduced or no tillage to protect the soil and on-farm installations to reduce runoff have substantially increased in recent years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • Hundreds of dollars per acre were already spent on tillage, fertilizer and seed.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 May 2026
Definition of tillage
Noun
  • From the agronomy side, that progression was part of the design.
    — Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 4 May 2026
  • Planting a tree or tending to a garden is a simple way for individuals to contribute to the climate fight, Chris Cerveny, a soil science and agronomy expert and co-founder of Just Good Soil, an agricultural company that focuses on regenerative gardening practices, told ABC News.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of agronomy

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