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horticulturist

[hawr-ti-kuhl-cher-ist] / ˌhɔr tɪˈkʌl tʃər ɪst /


NOUN
green thumb
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
brown thumb


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The robots provide multiple benefits beyond labor savings, according to Brian Flynn, the horticulturist with the city’s grounds division.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

President Kennedy commissioned Rachel Lambert “Bunny” Mellon, at the time the country’s top horticulturist, to redesign the space.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2025

The horticulturist and broadcaster, 69, said the increasing frequency of flooding in the UK was "proving to be a much bigger problem than drought".

From BBC Jan. 9, 2025

The park’s 93 scenic acres officially opened in 1916 and were originally designed by John McLaren, the Scottish horticulturist behind San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

From Seattle Times May 11, 2024

Nature, the great horticulturist, has here done her best and final work.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by George Francis Train




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