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AGRONOMY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production
Synonyms:
agronomy; scientific agriculture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("agronomy" is a kind of...):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Meronyms (parts of "agronomy"):
agrobiology (the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield)
agrology (science of soils in relation to crops)
Derivation:
agronomic; agronomical (of or relating to or promoting agronomy)
agronomist (an expert in soil management and field-crop production)
