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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry. countable, uncountable

   "Wilderness is gone. Forest has succumbed to chemically sustained silviculture."

2. 2
   the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

afforestationarboretumarboricultureboondocksbushbushveld

Example

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"Wilderness is gone. Forest has succumbed to chemically sustained silviculture."

Etymology

From silva + -i- + culture. From Latin silva (“forest”) + cultūra (“cultivation”).

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