agriculture Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a large-scale farming enterprise
    agribusiness; factory farm.
  2. noun the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
    farming; husbandry.
  3. noun the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862
    Agriculture Department; Department of Agriculture; USDA.
  4. noun the class of people engaged in growing food

WordNet

Ag"ri*cul`ture noun
Etymology
L. agricultura; ager field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. agriculture. See Acre and Culture.
Definitions
  1. The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

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