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agrarian
agribusiness
agriculture
agro-
animal husbandry
animal rights
artificial insemination
bale
(n)
bale
(v)
barn
barnyard
battery
biotechnology
breadbasket
breed
breeding
broiler
broiler chicken
BSE
buckaroo
bull
butcher
byre
capon
cattleman
cattle market
cattle prod
chaff
chicken
chicken run
collective farm
coop
co-op
corral
(n)
corral
(v)
cowboy
cowgirl
cowhand
cowpoke
creamery
croft
crofter
crofting
cultivate
cultivation
dairy
dairy cattle
dairy farm
dairymaid
dairyman
DDT
dip
(v)
dip
(n)
dirt farmer
drover
dry-stone wall
dude ranch
Dutch barn
factory farming
fallow
farm
(n)
farm
(v)
farmer
farmhand
farmhouse
farming
farmland
farmstead
farmyard
field
fishery
fish farm
fish meal
flail
(v)
flail
(n)
fleece
fodder
fold
foot and mouth disease
forage
fowl
free-range
fungicide
gamekeeper
geld
genetically modified
gentleman farmer
goatherd
graft
(n)
graft
(v)
granary
greenhouse
green revolution
hacienda
harrow
hatchery
hayloft
haymaking
haystack
heifer
hen house
herbicide
herd
(n)
herd
(v)
herdsman
hired hand
homestead
(n)
homestead
(v)
hopper
horticulture
husbandry
hutch
insecticide
irrigate
Jersey
kibbutz
lamb
land agent
lasso
(n)
lasso
(v)
lift
litter
livestock
longhorn
mad cow disease
manure
meat
merino
milk
milk churn
milking machine
milking parlour
milkmaid
mixed farming
mower
muck
muckheap
nursery
oast house
orangery
orchard
organic
paddock
paddy
pasturage
pasture
(n)
pasture
(v)
pastureland
pen
perpendicular
pest
pesticide
piggery
pigpen
pigsty
pigswill
pitchfork
plantation
planter
plough
(n)
plough
(v)
ploughboy
ploughman
ploughshare
poultry
producer
pullet
PYO
raise
ranch
rancher
ranching
range
ranger
rear
rick
rubber
run
rustle
scarecrow
scythe
share-cropper
shear
shearer
sheep-dip
sheepdog
sheep-pen
shepherd
shepherdess
sickle
silage
silo
slaughter
slaughterhouse
smallholding
sow
(v)
sow
(n)
sprayer
stable
(n)
stable
(v)
stable boy
stall
station
steer
stock
stockbreeder
stockman
stockyard
stubble
sty
swill
swine
swineherd
tenant farmer
terrace
thresh
threshing machine
tractor
trough
truck farm
true
udder
villein
vineyard
weedkiller
weevil
wheat
wheatgerm
wheatmeal
winnow
wool
wrangler
yoke
(n)
yoke
(v)
Date:
1400-1500
Language:
French
Origin:
Latin
agricultura, from ager
'field'
+ cultura
'use of land for crops'
agriculture
noun
ag‧ri‧cul‧ture
W2
[
uncountable
]
the practice or science of farming
:
More than 75% of the land is used for agriculture.
—
agricultural
adjective
:
agricultural land
agricultural labourers
—
agriculturalist
noun
[
countable
]
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horticulture
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