 agriculture |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (business,agriculture) a large-scale farming enterprise | |
| Synonyms: | factory_farm agribusiness | |
| Related terms: | commercial_enterprise | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (economics,business,agriculture) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | |
| Synonyms: | farming husbandry | |
| Related terms: | cultivation gardening hydroponics arboriculture truck_farming animal_husbandry dairying ranching subsistence_farming strip_cropping mixed_farming planting geoponics tilling harvest plow grow sow cultivate cultivate harrow fertilize inseminate thrash broadcast carry reseed smut overcrop hoe ridge till grow | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (government,agriculture) the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862 | |
| Synonyms: | Department_of_Agriculture usda Agriculture_Department | |
| Related terms: | executive_department | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (sociology) the class of people engaged in growing food | |
| Related terms: | class | |
| Similar spelling: |
agricultural agriculturist Agaricus Agaricales |
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