agricultural

agricultural
agriculture NOUN the science or practice of farming, including the rearing of crops and animals.
DERIVATIVES agricultural adjective agriculturalist noun agriculturally adverb agriculturist noun.
ORIGIN Latin agricultura, from ager 'field' + cultura 'cultivation' .

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