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1. actinobacillosis, n. View full entry 1903
...Disease of cattle, other livestock, and occasionally humans caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Actinobacillus, typically characterized by suppurating nodules like those of actinomycosis but also seen as...
2. aeroponic, adj. View full entry 1969
...Relating to or involving aeroponics....
3. aeroponics, n. View full entry 1957
...With sing. concord. A method of cultivating plants in which the roots are allowed to hang in the air, and nutrient solution is delivered to them in the form of...
4. aflatoxin, n. View full entry 1962
...Any of a group of toxic pentacyclic lactones that are produced as metabolites by certain fungi, esp. of the genus Aspergillus, which are found as contaminants in stored peanuts and...
5. agastache, n. View full entry 1900
...Any of various perennial plants constituting the genus Agastache (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), native chiefly to North America, having multiple spikes of tubular pink to purple flowers...
6. Agent Orange, n. View full entry 1966
...A defoliant and herbicide used by the United States during the Vietnam War to remove forest cover and destroy crops. Cf. agent1....
7. agribiz, n. View full entry 1959
...= agribusiness...
8. agribusiness, n. View full entry 1955
...A collective name for: the group of industries concerned with the large-scale production, processing, and distribution of the results of agriculture and animal husbandry, or with the provision of farm services, supplies,...
9. agrichemical, n. and adj. View full entry 1953
...= agrochemical...
10. agrimotor, n. View full entry 1916
...A powerful motor vehicle designed to haul agricultural equipment; a tractor....
11. agriproduct, n. View full entry 1948
...A product used in farming and agriculture....
12. agrochemical, adj. and n. View full entry 1920
...Of or relating to the use of chemicals in agriculture, or to the chemicals themselves....
13. agroforestry, n. View full entry 1934
...A system of agriculture in which there is integrated management of trees or shrubs along with conventional crops or livestock....
14. agrogorod, n. View full entry 1951
...In the Soviet Union: an administrative unit formed from the amalgamation of a group of collective farms (see kolkhoz), having the infrastructure of a town or city. Cf. agro-city...
15. agroindustrial, adj. View full entry 1906
...Of or relating to industrialized agriculture; of, relating to, or produced by agro-industry....
16. agro-industry, n. View full entry 1907
...The farming or processing of agricultural produce on a large scale, using advanced technology; industrialized agriculture. Also and in earliest use: a particular form or branch of this....
17. agroville, n. View full entry 1960
...In the Vietnam War (195575): any of a number of purpose-built fortified agricultural centres in South Vietnam, established under a policy of relocating and concentrating dispersed farming communities for...
18. Alar, n. View full entry 1965
...A growth regulator formerly applied to apples and other fruit in order to control the ripening process and to enhance the quality of the crop....
19. aldicarb, n. View full entry 1969
...A systemic carbamate pesticide used against mites, insects, and esp. nematodes....
20. aldrin, n. View full entry 1949
...A chlorinated polycyclic hydrocarbon, formerly used as an insecticide. Cf. dieldrin...
