Jan 27, 2003 09:07
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breeder vs cultivator
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Which one is the correct term for the person that works in a greenhouse improving the characteristics of a particular kind of flower?
(of course other options are welcome too, if none of these is good)
Thank you :)
(of course other options are welcome too, if none of these is good)
Thank you :)
Responses
| 5 +6 | breeder |
Edith Kelly
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| 5 +5 | horticultural breeder |
Fuad Yahya
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| 4 +3 | horticulturist |
jerrie
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| 4 +1 | grower, cultivator |
Armorel Young
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| 4 | I think this depends on your target reader |
Greta Holmer
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Responses
+6
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Edith Kelly
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breeder
is what you are looking for. Cultivator is a more general term i.e. farmer.
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Note added at 2003-01-27 09:12:43 (GMT)
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breeder see.
www.manntaylor.com/pbr.html
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Note added at 2003-01-27 09:12:43 (GMT)
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breeder see.
www.manntaylor.com/pbr.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "and thanks Sarah for your link (in the 'agree')! I could even literally use your sentence!"
+1
4 mins
grower, cultivator
As far as I know, you can only breed animals - plants have to be grown or cultivated!
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Edith Kelly
: Sorry to disagree. There are plant breeders, see my ref. above.
1 min
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| agree |
awilliams
: yes. Gardener..? Depends whether greenhouse is part of huge plantation or in back garden :)
2 mins
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| neutral |
Sarah Ponting
: breeder is the correct term in this context
2 mins
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+5
5 mins
horticultural breeder
A breeder is a person who breeds animals or plants. To restrict the term to flowers, I would use the adjective "horticultural."
"Cultivator" is too broad. A cultivator may be involved in some breeding activity, but necessarily, and the term covers a lot more territory.
Fuad
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Even \"horticultural\" may be too broad because it includes work with fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. If you want to restrict the term to flowers alone, I would recommend \"flower breeder.\" If the breeder is specialized in only one kind of flower, such as tulips, I would use the name of the flower as a qualifier, as in \"tulip breeder.\"
"Cultivator" is too broad. A cultivator may be involved in some breeding activity, but necessarily, and the term covers a lot more territory.
Fuad
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Even \"horticultural\" may be too broad because it includes work with fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. If you want to restrict the term to flowers alone, I would recommend \"flower breeder.\" If the breeder is specialized in only one kind of flower, such as tulips, I would use the name of the flower as a qualifier, as in \"tulip breeder.\"
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sarah Ponting
2 mins
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| agree |
awilliams
: if large scale, yes.
4 mins
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| agree |
Alexandra Tussing
16 hrs
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| agree |
Dolly Xu
17 hrs
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| agree |
AhmedAMS
320 days
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+3
6 mins
horticulturist
greenhouse technician
Cultivate is the verb used to describe plants. Breed would apply to animals
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Note added at 2003-01-27 09:17:11 (GMT)
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Plant technician (maybe)
It depends how scientific your context is.
Cultivate is the verb used to describe plants. Breed would apply to animals
hth
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Plant technician (maybe)
It depends how scientific your context is.
Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
1 min
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Thanks
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| agree |
Greta Holmer
: I think horticulturist fits best too
28 mins
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Thanks
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| agree |
Alexandra Tussing
16 hrs
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34 mins
Greta Holmer
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I think this depends on your target reader
A breeder is found in the OED in the meaning of a person who breeds different species of flowers using slective breeding. But this is not very common in UK English - quite common in US and Australian.
In UK English you generally use horticulturist to mean a person who uses scientific approaches to cultivate species of flower or plants - by cross-breeding to create cultivars of species.
Cultivator is used more as a tool used in the cultivation of cultivars - not as a person.
HTH,
Greta
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Note added at 2003-01-27 09:52:07 (GMT)
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another useful reference for all things horticulture: http://www.rhs.org.uk
In UK English you generally use horticulturist to mean a person who uses scientific approaches to cultivate species of flower or plants - by cross-breeding to create cultivars of species.
Cultivator is used more as a tool used in the cultivation of cultivars - not as a person.
HTH,
Greta
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Note added at 2003-01-27 09:52:07 (GMT)
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another useful reference for all things horticulture: http://www.rhs.org.uk
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Peer comment(s):
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Sarah Ponting
: breeder is widely used in the UK - my reference above (under Edith's answer) is taken from Thompson & Morgan, one of the UK's leading and oldest companies in the seed trade
14 mins
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I didn't say it wasn't used - I said is was less common, but thanks for your point.
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