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Vinony

silviculture

noun

  1. cultivation and use of forests
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sel-der.? Latin silvabor. English silva Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English silviculture From silva + -i- + culture. From Latin silva (“forest”) + cultūra (“cultivation”).

  1. The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit.

    “Wilderness is gone. Forest has succumbed to chemically sustained silviculture.”