Word Meanings - GARDENER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist.

GARDEN
German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard 1. A piece of ground appropriates to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. I am arrived from fruitful
GARDENING
The art of occupation of laying out and cultivating gardens; horticulture.
GARDENSHIP
Horticulture.
HORTICULTURIST
One who practices horticulture.
MAKESHIFT
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
GARDENER
One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist.
GARDENLESS
Destitute of a garden. Shelley.
GARDENLY
Like a garden. W. Marshall.
GARDENIA
A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden.