floriculturist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a specialist who cultivates flowering and ornamental plants, especially as a profession

   The floriculturist developed a rose variety that could tolerate colder winters.

Formed from floriculture + -ist. Floriculture combines Latin flos, floris, 'flower,' with culture, ultimately Latin cultura, 'cultivation.' The occupational suffix -ist identifies a person who practices this branch of horticulture.

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