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agronomic |
agronomical |
agronomics |
agronomist |
agronomy
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| agropyron intermedium
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agronomy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun agronomy has 1 sense
- agronomy(n = noun.cognition) scientific agriculture - the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production; Array is a kind of science, scientific discipline
has parts: agrobiology, agrology
Derived forms adjective agronomic1, adjective agronomical1, noun agronomist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
agronomy, n. [Gr. rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; field + usage, to deal out, manage: cf. F. agronomie.].
The management of land; rural economy; agriculture. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
agronomy, n. the science of soil management and crop production.
Derivative
agronomic adj. agronomical adj. agronomically adv. agronomist n.
Etymology
F agronomie f. agronome agriculturist f. Gk agros field + -nomos f. nemo arrange
ROGET THESAURUS
agronomy
Agriculture
N agriculture, cultivation, husbandry, farming, georgics, geoponics, tillage, agronomy, gardening, spade husbandry, vintage, horticulture, arboriculture, floriculture, landscape gardening, viticulture, husbandman, horticulturist, gardener, florist, agricultor, agriculturist, yeoman, farmer, cultivator, tiller of the soil, woodcutter, backwoodsman, granger, habitat, vigneron, viticulturist, Triptolemus, field, meadow, garden, botanic garden, winter garden, ornamental garden, flower garden, kitchen garden, market garden, hop garden, nursery, green house, hot house, conservatory, bed, border, seed plot, grassplot, grassplat, lawn, park, parterre, shrubbery, plantation, avenue, arboretum, pinery, pinetum, orchard, vineyard, vinery, orangery, farm, agricultural, agrarian, agrestic, arable, predial, rural, rustic, country, horticultural.
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