Nurserymen

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who cultivate and propagate young plants or trees for sale or transplantation
2. People engaged in the growing and nurturing of flora in a commercial setting, often providing guidance to customers
3. Specialists in plant care who manage facilities dedicated to the propagation and selling of horticultural products

Etymology: "Nurserymen" is the plural of "nurseryman", which is simply "nursery" plus "man". The word for a place where young plants are raised is the older part, and the "-man" ending marks a person who works in or runs such a business, so a nurseryman is someone who grows plants for sale. The plural follows the irregular English pattern of "man" becoming "men", so the form is the same kind of compound as "tradesmen" or "tradesman".

Synonyms: gardeners, cultivators, growers, planters, florists