n.
The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.
[Middle English, from Latin agrīcultūra : agrī, genitive of ager, field + cultūra, cultivation; see culture.]
agricultural ag'ri·cul'tur·al adj.agriculturally ag'ri·cul'tur·al·ly adv.
agriculturist ag'ri·cul'tur·ist or ag'ri·cul'tur·al·ist n.
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