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agricultural

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ag·ri·cul·ture  (gr-klchr)
n.
The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.

[Middle English, from Latin agrcultra : agr, genitive of ager, field; see agro- in Indo-European roots + cultra, cultivation; see culture.]

agri·cultur·al adj.
agri·cultur·al·ly adv.
agri·cultur·ist, agri·cultur·al·ist n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.agricultural - relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming; "agricultural engineering"; "modern agricultural (or farming) methods"; "agricultural (or farm) equipment"; "an agricultural college"
2.agriculturalagricultural - relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"
rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"

agricultural
adjective farming, country, rural, rustic, agrarian, agronomic, agronomical, agrestic traditional agricultural societies
Translations
agricultural [ˌægrɪˈkʌltʃərəl]
A. ADJagrícola
B. CPD agricultural college Nescuela f de agricultura
agricultural expert Nperito/a m/f agrónomo/a
agricultural show Nferia f agrícola or de campo
agricultural subsidy Nsubvención f agrícola

agricultural [ˌægrɪˈkʌltʃərəl] adjagricole
agricultural run-off nrejets mpl agricoles

agricultural
adj produce, production, expert, tool etclandwirtschaftlich; agricultural countryAgrarland nt; the agricultural country in the northdas landwirtschaftliche Gebiet im Norden; agricultural ministryLandwirtschaftsministerium nt; agricultural market (in EU) → Agrarmarkt; agricultural nationAgrarstaat m, → Agrarland nt; agricultural policyAgrarpolitik f; agricultural reformAgrarreform f; agricultural workerLandarbeiter(in) m(f)

agricultural [ˌægrɪˈkʌltʃrl] adj (gen) → agricolo/a; (college, studies) → agrario/a
agricultural expert → agronomo/a

agricultural زراعي zemědělský landbrugs- landwirtschaftlich γεωργικός agrícola maatalous- agricole poljoprivredni agricolo 農業の 농업의 agrarisch landbruks- rolniczy agrícola сельскохозяйственный jordbruks- ที่เกี่ยวกับเกษตรกรรม tarımsal thuộc nông nghiệp 农业的


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This was followed by a great down-pour of rain, which washed the unfortunate Officer of the Government and the outfit off the face of creation and affected the agricultural heart with joy too deep for utterance.
First, it is likely that before the rise of the Ionian epos there existed in Boeotia a purely popular and indigenous poetry of a crude form: it comprised, we may suppose, versified proverbs and precepts relating to life in general, agricultural maxims, weather-lore, and the like.
It is only now and then in some very remote and backward agricultural district that an antiquarian may still discover a square house.
 
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