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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Latin silva + cultura culture Date: 1880 a branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests • silvicultural adjective • silviculturally adverb • silviculturist noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also sylviculture) the growing and tending of trees as a branch of forestry. Derivatives: silvicultural adj. silviculturist n. Etymology: F f. L silva a wood + F culture CULTURE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Silviculture Sil"vi*cul`ture, n. [Cf. F. silviculture.] See Sylviculture.

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