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ˈnurseryman
[f. prec.]
One who owns, or works in, a nursery for plants.
1672Phil. Trans. VII. 5050 A peculiar way of grafting, much used by some of the best Nursery-men about London. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. p. v, Gentlemen who send for the best Sorts of Fruit-Trees from a Nursery-man, or Gardener. 1793Trans. Soc. Arts V. 163 Three modes of raising Mulberry-trees, to which we are directed by Nursery-men. 1824Loudon Encycl. Gard. (ed. 2) 890 Ample lists..may be had from all the principal nurserymen. 1856Delamer Fl. Gard. (1861) 2 You may order to any reasonable extent of the country nurserymen. |