5. Agriculture
See also 319. PLANTS ; 377. SOIL .
- agriculture
- the art and science of farming. Also called tillage . — agriculturist, agriculturalist, n . — agricultural, adj.
- agrogeology
- the branch of geology concerned with the adaptability of land to agriculture, soil quality, etc. — agrogeologist, n .
- agronomics
- agronomy.
- agronomy
- the science of management in farming. Also spelled agronomics . — agronomist, n.
- chreotechnics
- Rare. useful arts, as agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing.
- citriculture
- the cultivation of citrus fruits, as lemons, oranges, etc. — citriculturist, n .
- culturist
- a cultivator or a person who grows things.
- emblements
- Law. the growing of crops and the profits reaped therefrom.
- fallowist
- Rare. a proponent of the practice of leaving fields fallow.
- grangerism
- the principles and adherence to the principles of the Grange. — granger, n.
- horticulture
- the practice and science of cultivating gardens, for the growth of flowers, fruits, or vegetables. — horticulturist, n . — horticultural, adj.
- husbandry
- 1. Obsolete, domestic management, thrift, or frugality.
- 2. farming, especially the care of farm animals.
- monoculture
- the use of land for the cultivation of only one type of crop. — monocultural, adj.
- orchardist
- a person who tends or cultivates an orchard.
- pastoralism
- the herding or tending of cattle as a primary economic activity or occupation. Also called pasturage . — pastoralist, n. — pastoral, adj.
- pasturage
- pastoralism.
- pomiculture
- the cultivation of fruit and fruit-trees.
- tillage
- agriculture.
- transhumance
- the seasonal migration of livestock and those who tend livestock between mountain and valley, as practiced in Switzerland. — transhumant, adj.
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