horticulturist
/hˌɔɹtɪkˈʌltʃɚɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A gardener; a person interested in or practicing horticulture.
Example Sentences
- "[…] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place."
Etymology
Etymology tree English horticulture Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English horticulturist From horticulture + -ist.. By surface analysis, horti- + cult + -ure + -ist.