| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ag·ri·cul·ture |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   g r -k l ch r |
| NOUN: | The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin agr cult ra : agr, genitive of ager, field; see agro- in Appendix I + cultra, cultivation; see culture. | | OTHER FORMS: | agri·cultur·al —ADJECTIVE
agri·cultur·al·ly —ADVERB
agri·cultur·ist, agri·cultur·al·ist —NOUN
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