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apiculture

UK/'eipikʌltʃə/US/'eipikʌltʃә/
C2

Definitions

n.

The keeping of bees, especially for honey production; beekeeping.

养蜂业;养蜂

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
api-root
+
cultcultivate, grow, tend, worship
+
-ureact, process, result
=apiculture

api- (bee, from apis) + cult (tend) + -ure = the tending of bees. The X-culture template stretched to livestock — here, hives.

Root cult still carries 38 more words

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Apiculture is growing as demand for natural honey rises.

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