One who owns or conducts a nursery; a man who is employed in the cultivation of herbs, flowering plants, trees, etc., from seed or otherwise, for transplanting or for sale.
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noun.
One who cultivates or keeps a nursery, or place for rearing trees, etc.
noun.
A person who rears and sells plants in a nursery.
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noun.
someone who takes care of a garden
Word Usage
"Biographer Howard Means supports the legend with hard-earned fact in his portrait of Chapman as a "nurseryman; religious zealot; real-estate dabbler" and even altruistic capitalist."