Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

silviculture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: sil-vi-cul-ture
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Wilderness is gone. Forest has succumbed to chemically sustained silviculture."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sel-der.? Latin silvabor. English silva Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English silviculture From silvi- + culture. From Latin silva (“forest”) + cultūra (“cultivation”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: silvi-
Root: -

Usage

Inflected Forms

silvicultures (plural)

Derived Forms

agrosilviculture aquasilviculture silvicultural silviculturist

Frequently Paired Words

silvopasture

Synonyms

forestry

Questions

What does silviculture mean?: The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit.
Where does silviculture come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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