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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An expert on the identification and cultivation of plants.
2. 2
   a male expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

horticulturist

Etymology

From plant + -s- + -man. Piecewise doublet of clansman.

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