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vit⋅i⋅cul⋅ture

  [vit-i-kuhl-cher, vahy-ti-]
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–noun
1. the culture or cultivation of grapevines; grape-growing.
2. the study or science of grapes and their culture.
Origin:
1870–75; < L vīti(s) vine + culture

Related forms:
vit⋅i⋅cul⋅tur⋅al, adjective
vit⋅i⋅cul⋅tur⋅er, vit⋅i⋅cul⋅tur⋅ist, noun
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vit·i·cul·ture   (vĭt'ĭ-kŭl'chər, vī'tĭ-)   
n.  The cultivation of grapes.

[Latin vītis, vine; see wei- in Indo-European roots + culture.]
vit'i·cul'tur·al adj., vit'i·cul'tur·ist n.
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viticulture 
1865 (implied in viticultural), "the cultivation of grapes," from L. vitis "vine" (see vise) + culture.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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