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horticulture
A branch of agriculture concerned with producing fruit, flowers, and vegetables. It can be divided into pomology (growing fruit), olericulture (growing vegetables), and floriculture (growing shrubs and ornamental plants). About 3% of US cropland is devoted to horticulture. It was originally practiced on a small scale, but crops such as the potato and tomato are now often grow in vast fields.
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