Horticulture

Japanese: horticulture
Horticulture

...Horticulture for the purpose of selling the produce is called productive horticulture, while horticulture done as a hobby is called hobby horticulture or home gardening. The word horticulture is a translation of the English word horticulture, and was first used in Japan in an English-Japanese dictionary published in 1873. Horticulture comes from the Latin words hortus (meaning enclosure or enclosed land) and cultura (meaning cultivation), and has been used since the 17th century.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "horticulture" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,生産物の販売を目的とする園芸を生産園芸,趣味として行う園芸を趣味園芸,または家庭園芸という。園芸という言葉は英語のhorticultureの訳語で,日本では1873年に出版された英和辞書で用いられたのが初めである。horticultureとはラテン語のhortus(囲うこと,または囲まれた土地の意)とcultura(栽培の意)に由来し,17世紀以降使われるようになった言葉である。…

※「horticulture」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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