market-gardener
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who cultivates vegetables, fruits, and flowers for sale directly in local markets, typically on a small-scale commercial farm near a town or city.
Usage Examples
- (A grower who sells their crops at local markets.)
- (A small-scale commercial farmer focused on market sales.)
Advanced Usage
"to work as a market-gardener": to be employed in the occupation of growing and selling produce at markets.
- After retiring from teaching, he decided to work as a market-gardener. (He took up the trade of market gardening.)
"a market-gardener's plot": the land or field used for growing marketable crops.
- The market-gardener's plot was divided into neat rows of carrots and beans. (The cultivated area for market crops.)
Variants and Related Words
Market gardening (n): the practice or business of growing vegetables, fruits, and flowers for sale in markets.
- Market gardening requires careful planning of planting and harvesting schedules. (The activity of producing for local markets.)
Market garden (n): a farm or piece of land used for market gardening.
- He bought a small market garden outside the town. (A farm dedicated to market crops.)
Synonyms
- Truck farmer: a farmer who grows vegetables for market (chiefly US).
- Greengrocer: a retailer of fresh vegetables and fruit (though this is more often a seller than a grower).
Related Idioms
- "To have a green thumb": to be skilled at gardening, especially growing plants successfully.
- As a market-gardener, she certainly has a green thumb. (She is naturally talented at cultivating crops.)