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# horticultural

adjective (horticultural)

«horticultural» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal) Having to do with growing fruit, vegetables, flowers and garden plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horticultural/#m1)

### In the lessons

Found in formal writing, news and science: a horticultural show (flower and vegetable show), horticultural college, horticultural society. In science lessons it links to plants and growing. It tells the reader the topic is gardening done carefully or as a job.

### Examples

- The village holds a horticultural show every summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horticultural/#x1)
- My aunt studied at a horticultural college. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horticultural/#x2)
- Grandad won a prize at the horticultural society for his marrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horticultural/#x3)
- Horticultural workers look after the city parks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horticultural/#x4)
- The shop sells horticultural tools and seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horticultural/#x5)
- This is a horticultural greenhouse for young plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horticultural/#x6)

### Note

Formal word. Noun: horticulture; person: horticulturist. In everyday talk people say «gardening» instead. Not to be confused with «agricultural» (farming large fields and animals).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «horticultural» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horticultural/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«horticultural» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/horticultural.html) on Mova free.