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Definition of Horticulture
(noun) A system of growing crops with hand-held tools, such as a hoe or digging stick, instead of draft animals or machine powered tools.
Example of Horticulture
Horticulture Pronunciation
Syllabification: hor·ti·cul·ture
Audio Pronunciation
Phonetic Spelling
- American English – /hOR-tuh-kuhl-chuhr/
- British English – /hAWt-i-kuhl-chuh/
International Phonetic Alphabet
- American English – /ˈhɔrtɪˌkʌlʧər/
- British English – /ˈhɔːtɪˌkʌltʃə/
Usage Notes
- A horticultural society depends on growing plants to meet their food needs.
- Horticulture is a primary subsistence strategy, others include:
- Also called small-scale agriculture.
- A specialist in horticulture is a (noun) horticulturist and studies (adjective) horticultural topics.
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Additional Information
- Food and Agriculture Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
- Ecological and Environmental Resources – Books, Journals, and Helpful Links
- Word origin of “horticulture” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
Related Terms
- agriculture
- bioterrorism
- cultural ecology
- cultural environment
- ecology
- hunting and gathering
- industrialism
- pastoralism
- physical environment
- slash and burn
- subsistence strategy
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Cite the Definition of Horticulture
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “horticulture.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved February 9, 2025 (https://sociologydictionary.org/horticulture/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
horticulture. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/horticulture/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “horticulture.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed February 9, 2025. https://sociologydictionary.org/horticulture/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“horticulture.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 9 Feb. 2025. <https://sociologydictionary.org/horticulture/>.