rosarian
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From rosary (“rose garden”) + -an.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /rəʊˈzɛə.ɹi.ən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /roʊˈzɛ.ɹi.ən/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Noun
[edit]rosarian (plural rosarians)
- An expert in the cultivation and propagation of roses.
References
[edit]- ^ “rosarian, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
[edit]
list of rose breeders on Wikipedia.Wikipedia