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apiculturist

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a⋅pi⋅cul⋅ture

  [ey-pi-kuhl-cher]
–noun
beekeeping, esp. on a commercial scale for the sale of honey.
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Origin:
1860–65; < L api(s) bee + culture

Related forms:
a⋅pi⋅cul⋅tur⋅al, adjective
a⋅pi⋅cul⋅tur⋅ist, noun
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a·pi·cul·ture   (ā'pĭ-kŭl'chər)   
n.  The raising and care of bees for commercial or agricultural purposes.

[Latin apis, bee + culture.]
a'pi·cul'tur·al adj., a'pi·cul'tur·ist n.
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