horticulturist

English

Etymology

from horticulture +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

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Noun

horticulturist (plural horticulturists)

1. A gardener; a person interested or practicing horticulture.
   • 2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)‎^[1]:

     […] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place.

Related terms

• horticultural
• horticulturally
• horticulture

Translations

a gardener, a person interested or practising horticulture

• Bashkir: баҡсасы (baqsası)
• Finnish: puutarhuri (fi)
• Icelandic: garðyrkjufræðingur m, garðyrkjumaður (is) m
• Irish: gairneoir m, gortóir m
• Portuguese: horticultor (pt) m
• Romanian: horticultor (ro) m, horticultoare (ro) f
• Russian: садово́д (ru) m (sadovód)
• Swedish: trädgårdsodlare c, trädgårdsägare c, trädgårdsmästare (sv) c, hortonom (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalubhalmanan

See also

• Wikipedia has a list of horticulturists