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ag⋅ri⋅cul⋅ture

  [ag-ri-kuhl-cher]
–noun
1. the science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming.
2. the production of crops, livestock, or poultry.
3. agronomy.
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Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF < L agrīcultūra, equiv. to agrī (gen. sing. of ager) field + cultūra culture

Related forms:
ag⋅ri⋅cul⋅tur⋅al, adjective
ag⋅ri⋅cul⋅tur⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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ag·ri·cul·ture   (āg'rĭ-kŭl'chər)   
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; see agro- in Indo-European roots + cultūra, cultivation; see culture.]
ag'ri·cul'tur·al adj., ag'ri·cul'tur·al·ly adv., ag'ri·cul'tur·ist, ag'ri·cul'tur·al·ist n.
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Word Origin & History

agriculture 
1603, from L. agricultura, compound of agri cultura "cultivation of land," from agri, gen. of ager "a field" (see acre) + cultura "cultivation" (see culture). First record of agribusiness is from 1955.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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agriculture   (āg'rĭ-kŭl'chər)  Pronunciation Key 
The science of cultivating land, producing crops, and raising livestock.
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