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agriculture

Definitions of agriculture
  1. noun
    the class of people engaged in growing food
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    type of:
    classe, classe sociale
    people having the same social, economic, or educational status
  2. noun
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
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    types:
    horticulture
    the cultivation of plants
    exploitation agricole
    growing vegetables for the market
    horticulture
    the growing of vegetables or flowers for market
    floriculture
    the cultivation of flowering plants
    type of:
    culture
    (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
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