Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, connected with, or engaged in agriculture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage
- adjective (Zoöl.) a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species (
Myrmica barbata ) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or
pertaining toagriculture ;connected with, orengaged in,tillage ; as, the agriculturalclass ; agriculturalimplements ,wages , et cetera.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to rural matters
- adjective relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming
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Examples
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In the first place, there is very little of what we call agricultural land on the Islands.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands Charles Nordhoff 1865
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Rapid climate change will result in agricultural failure, flooding of highly populated coastal areas, dislocation, disease, migration, mass extinctions, political instability and human suffering.
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At the Gates Foundation, Shah helped launch the Global Development program and directly managed the foundation's nearly $1.3 billion portfolio of investments in agricultural development.
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“One year more,” he warned, while he delved in agricultural chemistry, soil analysis, farm management, and traveled
CHAPTER VI 2010
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A 4.3% sales increase for its seeds and genomics division, which accounts for 70% of revenue, could not fully offset a 35% decline in agricultural productivity sales as overall revenue declined 10%.
Monsanto Rallies Despite Red Ink Agustino Fontevecchia 2010
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Zachriel: Rapid climate change will result in agricultural failure, flooding of highly populated coastal areas, dislocation, disease, migration, mass extinctions, political instability and human suffering.
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From the standpoint of global food prices and long-term agricultural development such actions may be counterproductive, but politically they are proving irresistible, particularly to countries in the Middle East that are concerned about popular uprisings.
Robert Walker: A Global Food Fight Robert Walker 2011
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Rapid climate change will result in agricultural failure, flooding of highly populated coastal areas, dislocation, disease, migration, mass extinctions, political instability and human suffering.
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Virtually all the advances in agricultural technology, medicine, and technology of every kind, which the third world benefits from, comes from the developed world.
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It is most commonly used in agricultural applications.
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