| 单词 | plantsman |
| 释义 | ˈplantsman
[f. plants', possessive case of plant n.1 + man n.1]
An expert gardener; a connoisseur of plants. Hence ˈplantsmanship, a desire to display knowledge of unusual or especially rare plants.
1881Gard. Chron. XVII. 770 A picture the plantsman..is not likely soon to forget. 1900Nature 5 Apr. 537/2 Long experience..often enables the plantsman to make conjectures which afterwards prove to be correct. 1952Archit. Rev. CXII. 343/1 None of these plants remain in that environment for long as they are serviced and maintained by fully competent plantsmen. 1962Amateur Gardening 21 Apr. 21/1 Actinidia polygama..has fruit of unpleasant flavour, but this should not..deter those who practise plantsmanship from planting a ‘bower of bliss’ with a few prominently labelled specimens. 1963Times 3 June 1/7 Some of the best garden spurges are described by a plantsman contributor. 1978W. Blunt In for Penny xxi. 155 This lovely blue orchid [sc. Vanda cœrulea] had become a status symbol for rich plantsmen. 1979J. Harvey in J. Harris Garden 8/1 The abbeys, priories and hospitals were particularly concerned with plantsmanship, cultivation and improvement. |
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