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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arable/ˈarəbl/

▶adjective (of land) suitable for growing crops.

■ (of crops) able to be grown on such land.

▶noun arable land or crops.

– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. arabilis, from arare ‘to plough’.

'arable' also found in these Oxford entries:

assart - corn bunting - cultivate - lea - ridge

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