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horticulture

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː.tɪˌkʌl.tʃə(ɹ)/
  • General-American: /ˈhɔɹ.tɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 R T IH0 K AH2 L CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Small-scale agriculture.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the cultivation of plants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gardening

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farming, agriculture, husbandry

Narrower terms: landscaping, landscape gardening, market gardening, flower gardening, floriculture

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵher- Proto-Indo-European *ghórtos Proto-Italic *hortos Latin hortus Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English horticulture 17th century, from the Latin word hortus (“garden”) + culture (on the model of agriculture). By surface analysis, horti- + cult + -ure.

Across languages

Translations

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kopshtari — the science of caring for gardens
  • Arabic: بَسْتَنَة (bastana) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Armenian: այգեգործություն (aygegorcutʻyun) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Azerbaijani: bitkiçilik — the science of caring for gardens
  • Azerbaijani: bağçılıq — the science of caring for gardens
  • Belarusian: садо́ўніцтва (sadównictva) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Belarusian: садаво́дства (sadavódstva) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Belarusian: гаро́днiцтва (haródnictva) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Belarusian: агаро́днiцтва (aharódnictva) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Belarusian: раслінаво́дства (raslinavódstva) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Bengali: উদ্যানতত্ত্ব (uddanototto) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Bulgarian: градина́рство (gradinárstvo) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Bulgarian: растениевъ́дство (rastenievǎ́dstvo) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Catalan: horticultura — the science of caring for gardens
  • Chinese Mandarin: 園藝 /园艺 (yuányì) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Chinese Mandarin: 園藝學 /园艺学 — the science of caring for gardens
  • Czech: zahradnictví — the science of caring for gardens
  • Danish: havebrug — the science of caring for gardens
  • Dutch: tuinbouw — the science of caring for gardens
  • Estonian: taimekasvatus — the science of caring for gardens
  • Estonian: aiandus — the science of caring for gardens
  • Finnish: puutarhanhoito — the science of caring for gardens
  • Finnish: puutarhanviljely — the science of caring for gardens
  • Finnish: puutarhatalous — the science of caring for gardens
  • French: horticulture — the science of caring for gardens
  • Galician: horticultura — the science of caring for gardens
  • Georgian: მებაღეობა (mebaɣeoba) — the science of caring for gardens
  • German: Gartenkultur — the science of caring for gardens
  • German: Hortikultur — the science of caring for gardens
  • German: Gartenbau — the science of caring for gardens
  • Greek: κηπουρική (kipourikí) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Greek: κηπευτική (kipeftikí) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Hebrew: גינון — the science of caring for gardens
  • Hebrew: גִּנּוּן (ginún) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Hindi: बाग़बानी (bāġbānī) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Hindi: उद्यान-विज्ञान (udyān-vijñān) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Hindi: बाग़कारी (bāġkārī) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Hungarian: kertészet — the science of caring for gardens
  • Hungarian: kertművelés — the science of caring for gardens
  • Icelandic: garðyrkjufræði — the science of caring for gardens
  • Indonesian: hortikultura — the science of caring for gardens
  • Italian: orticoltura — the science of caring for gardens
  • Japanese: 園芸 (engei) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Japanese: ガーデニング (gādeningu) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Kannada: ತೋಟಗಾರಿಕೆ (tōṭagārike) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Kazakh: бағбаншылық (bağbanşylyq) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Kazakh: баушылық (bauşylyq) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Kazakh: бау-бақша шаруашылығы (bau-baqşa şaruaşylyğy) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Korean: 원예 (wonye) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Kyrgyz: багбанчылык (bagbancılık) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Latvian: augkopība — the science of caring for gardens
  • Latvian: dārzkopība — the science of caring for gardens
  • Lithuanian: sodininkystė — the science of caring for gardens
  • Macedonian: градинарство (gradinarstvo) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Macedonian: хортикулту́ра (hortikultúra) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Malay: هورتيکولتور (hortikultur) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Malay: kulturkebunan — the science of caring for gardens
  • Malayalam: തോട്ടക്കൃഷി (tōṭṭakkr̥ṣi) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Māori: ahumāra — the science of caring for gardens
  • Māori: ahuota — the science of caring for gardens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hagebruk — the science of caring for gardens
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hagebruk — the science of caring for gardens
  • Occitan: orticultura — the science of caring for gardens
  • Persian: باغبانی (bâġbâni) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Plautdietsch: Goadekonnst — the science of caring for gardens
  • Polish: ogrodnictwo — the science of caring for gardens
  • Portuguese: horticultura — the science of caring for gardens
  • Romanian: horticultură — the science of caring for gardens
  • Romanian: grădinărit — the science of caring for gardens
  • Russian: садово́дство (sadovódstvo) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Russian: огоро́дничество (ogoródničestvo) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Russian: растениево́дство (rastenijevódstvo) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuathanachas-gàrraidh — the science of caring for gardens
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвећа́рство — the science of caring for gardens
  • Serbo-Croatian: цвјећа́рство — the science of caring for gardens
  • Serbo-Croatian: вртла́рство — the science of caring for gardens
  • Serbo-Croatian: хортикулту́ра — the science of caring for gardens
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvećárstvo — the science of caring for gardens
  • Serbo-Croatian: cvjećárstvo — the science of caring for gardens
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrtlárstvo — the science of caring for gardens
  • Serbo-Croatian: hortikultúra — the science of caring for gardens
  • Slovak: záhradníctvo — the science of caring for gardens
  • Slovene: vrtnarstvo — the science of caring for gardens
  • Slovene: hortologija — the science of caring for gardens
  • Spanish: horticultura — the science of caring for gardens
  • Swedish: hortikultur — the science of caring for gardens
  • Tagalog: palahalmanan — the science of caring for gardens
  • Tajik: боғдори (boġdor-i) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Tajik: боғпарварӣ (boġparvari) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Tajik: боғшинонӣ (boġšinoni) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Tajik: боғбонӣ (boġboni) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Tajik: рустанипарварӣ (rustaniparvari) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Tamil: தோட்டக்கலை (tōṭṭakkalai) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Tamil: தோட்டவியல் (tōṭṭaviyal) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Tatar: бакчачылык (baqçaçılıq) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Thai: พืชกรรมสวน — the science of caring for gardens
  • Turkish: bahçecilik — the science of caring for gardens
  • Turkmen: bagbançylyk — the science of caring for gardens
  • Ukrainian: садівни́цтво (sadivnýctvo) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Ukrainian: горо́дництво (horódnyctvo) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Ukrainian: росли́нництво (roslýnnyctvo) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Urdu: بَاغْبَانِی (bāġbānī) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Uyghur: باغۋەنچىلىك (baghwenchilik) — the science of caring for gardens
  • Uzbek: bogʻdorchilik — the science of caring for gardens
  • Vietnamese: nghề làm vườn — the science of caring for gardens
  • Volapük: gadav — the science of caring for gardens
  • Welsh: garddwriaeth — the science of caring for gardens
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小農耕作 /小农耕作 (xiǎonóng gēngzuò) — small scale agriculture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小規模農業 /小规模农业 (xiǎoguīmó nóngyè) — small scale agriculture
  • Czech: zahradnictví — small scale agriculture
  • Dutch: tuinderij — small scale agriculture
  • Finnish: pienviljely — small scale agriculture
  • Greek: φυτοκομία (fytokomía) — small scale agriculture
  • Icelandic: garðrækt — small scale agriculture
  • Icelandic: garðyrkja — small scale agriculture
  • Macedonian: бавчанџиство (bavčandžistvo) — small scale agriculture
  • Māori: ahumāra — small scale agriculture
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hagebruk — small scale agriculture
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hagebruk — small scale agriculture
  • Slovak: záhradníctvo — small scale agriculture
  • Spanish: jardinería — small scale agriculture
Real reading context

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