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floriculture

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

the farming of flowers

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the cultivation of flowering plants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flower gardening

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gardening, horticulture

History

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ծաղկաբուծություն (caġkabucutʻyun) — the farming of flowers
  • Bulgarian: цветарство (cvetarstvo) — the farming of flowers
  • Catalan: floricultura — the farming of flowers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花卉学 (huāhuìxué) — the farming of flowers
  • Dutch: sierteelt — the farming of flowers
  • Estonian: lillekasvatus — the farming of flowers
  • Finnish: kukkaviljely — the farming of flowers
  • French: floriculture — the farming of flowers
  • Georgian: მეყვავილეობა (meq̇vavileoba) — the farming of flowers
  • German: Zierpflanzenbau — the farming of flowers
  • German: Blumenzucht — the farming of flowers
  • Greek: ανθοκομία (anthokomía) — the farming of flowers
  • Hindi: पुष्पकृषि (puṣpakŕṣi) — the farming of flowers
  • Icelandic: blómaframleiðsla — the farming of flowers
  • Irish: bláthadóireacht — the farming of flowers
  • Irish: bláthshaothrú — the farming of flowers
  • Italian: floricoltura — the farming of flowers
  • Japanese: 花卉園芸 (kakiengei) — the farming of flowers
  • Korean: 화초재배 (hwachojaebae) — the farming of flowers
  • Latvian: puķkopība — the farming of flowers
  • Lithuanian: gėlininkystė — the farming of flowers
  • Macedonian: цвеќарство (cveḱarstvo) — the farming of flowers
  • Malayalam: പുഷ്പോദ്യാനവിദ്യ (puṣpōdyānavidya) — the farming of flowers
  • Polish: kwiaciarstwo — the farming of flowers
  • Portuguese: floricultura — the farming of flowers
  • Russian: цветово́дство (cvetovódstvo) — the farming of flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвјећа́рство — the farming of flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвећа́рство — the farming of flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvjećarstvo — the farming of flowers
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvećarstvo — the farming of flowers
  • Spanish: floricultura — the farming of flowers
  • Swedish: blomsterodling — the farming of flowers
  • Tagalog: pagbubulaklak — the farming of flowers
  • Tamil: மலரியல் (malariyal) — the farming of flowers
  • Turkish: çiçekçilik — the farming of flowers
  • Ukrainian: квітникарство (kvitnykarstvo) — the farming of flowers
  • Ukrainian: квіткарство (kvitkarstvo) — the farming of flowers
  • Vietnamese: nghề trồng hoa — the farming of flowers