Burbank
['bə:bæŋk]
Definition
(noun.) United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926).
Typed by Ferris--From WordNet
Examples
- My methods are similar to those followed by Luther Burbank. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Removing to California, he established the Burbank Exposition Farms at Santa Rosa, where he undertook the work of cross-breeding on an extended scale. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The accompanying illustrations show some remarkable white blackberries which have been developed by the great horticulturist, Luther Burbank of California. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Burbank and his tribe represent in the vegetable world, Edison in the mechanical. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checked by Dolores