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agri-

a combining form with the meaning “agriculture, farming,” used in the formation of compound words: agribusiness.

Origin:
extracted from agriculture, with agri taken as a comb. form with the linking vowel -i-
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agri-  
pref.  Variant of agro-.
agro- or agri- or agr-  
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  1. Field; soil: agrology.

  2. Agriculture: agroindustrial.


[From Greek agros and Latin ager, agr-, field; see agro- in Indo-European roots.]
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