arboriculture

[ ahr-ber-i-kuhl-cher, ahr-bawr-, -bohr- ]

/ ˈɑr bər ɪˌkʌl tʃər, ɑrˈbɔr-, -ˈboʊr- /

the cultivation of trees and shrubs.

Origin of arboriculture

First recorded in 1820–30; arbor³ + (agr)iculture

ar·bor·i·cul·tur·al, adjective

If Mr. Langly had gone into arboriculture instead of into the ministry, he would have planted nothing but weeping-willows.

The Stillwater Tragedy |Thomas Bailey Aldrich
They have no business under any known theory of arboriculture to be beautiful, but beautiful they are.

Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) |William Henry Hurlbert
I have never met with the verb in that sense elsewhere, but overtop is evermore the appropriate term in arboriculture.

Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 |Various
It does not deal with the individual tree and its planting and care,—that would be arboriculture.

Studies of Trees |Jacob Joshua Levison

The success of arboriculture on the formerly treeless plains and plateaus, however, decreases as one travels westward.

North America |Israel C. Russell

arboriculture

/ (ˈɑːbərɪˌkʌltʃə) /

the cultivation of trees or shrubs, esp for the production of timber

arboricultural, adjective arboriculturist, noun