agriculture
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
agriculture/ˈaɡrɪkʌltʃə(r)/
▶noun the science or practice of farming, including the growing of crops and the rearing of animals.
– derivatives
agricultural adjective,
agriculturalist noun,
agriculturally adverb,
agriculturist noun.
agricultural adjective,
agriculturalist noun,
agriculturally adverb,
agriculturist noun.
– origin ME: from L. agricultura, from ager, agr- ‘field’ + cultura ‘growing, cultivation’.
'agriculture' also found in these Oxford entries:
agrarian
- agribusiness
- agriscience
- agro-
- agrochemical
- agroforestry
- agro-industry
- agroterrorism
- biosolids
- cereal
- chaste tree
- extensive
- FAO
- georgic
- heavy chemicals
- intensive
- MAFF
- Mesolithic
- permaculture
- physiocrat
- primary industry
- slash-and-burn
- subsistence
- sustainable
