olericulturen.
/ˈɒlərᵻˌkʌltʃə/, U.S. /ˈɑlərəˌkəltʃər/ Chiefly U.S.
The cultivation of edible plants, esp. leafy vegetables and herbs; the branch of horticulture dealing with this.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > [noun] > types of gardening
curtilagec1430
kitchen gardening?1700
landscape-gardeninga1763
picturesque gardeninga1763
window gardening1801
landscape architecture1840
rock gardening1840
market gardening1852
water gardening1870
wild gardening1870
olericulture1886
market work1887
trucking1897
tub-gardening1904
landscaping1930
greenswardsmanship1936
godwottery1937
sand gardening1960
xeriscaping1987
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > vegetables or pot-herbs
vegeculture1837
olericulture1886
1886 Bot. Gaz. 11 104 Dr. E. L. Sturtevant suggests the words pomiculture and olericulture to embrace respectively fruit culture and vegetable culture.
1888 L. H. Bailey in Garden & Forest 28 Mar. 58/1 For convenience of treatment I divide it [sc. horticulture] into four broad divisions: Pomology, Olericulture or Vegetable Gardening, Floriculture, Landscape Horticulture.
1942 Science 8 May 466/1 Many horticulturalists now in active service have taught or investigated pomology, olericulture, greenhouse construction, floriculture, [etc.].
1997 Business Line (Nexis) 17 Dec. 12/4 This [method of marketing] would be particularly useful for floriculture and olericulture crops.
2002 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 14 Feb. b2 After studying Olericulture.., he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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