Definitions for: Agriculture


[n] the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
[n] a large-scale farming enterprise
[n] the class of people engaged in growing food
[n] 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



Webster (1913) Definition: Ag"ri*cul`ture (?; 135), n. [L. agricultura; ager
field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. agriculture. See Acre
and Culture.]
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the
harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live
stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

Synonyms: agribusiness, Agriculture Department, Department of Agriculture, farming, husbandry

See Also: animal husbandry, aquiculture, arboriculture, business, business enterprise, class, commercial enterprise, cultivation, dairy farming, dairying, executive department, gardening, harvest, harvest time, horticulture, hydroponics, mixed farming, planting, ranching, social class, socio-economic class, strip cropping, subsistence farming, tank farming, tilling, tree farming, truck farming

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