DictionaryRoot: gardin
Old North French

gardin

garden, orchard

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An older Black woman gardener tends flourishing flowers with hand trowel and watering can, capable calm expression.
noun

gardener

GAHRD-ner/ˈɡɑːrdnər/

A person who grows and cares for plants in a garden.

Etymology

The garden base referred especially to a kitchen garden, while the ending identifies a person associated with it. Together they name someone whose work is growing and caring for cultivated plants.

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