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1. accredited, adj. View full entry 1738
...Provided with credentials, publicly or officially recognized. Cf. well-accredited...
2. achimenes, n. View full entry 1756
...Any of various herbaceous perennials of the genus Achimenes (family Gesneriaceae), chiefly originating in Central America but cultivated elsewhere (often as hybrids) for their tubular or trumpet-shaped flowers....
3. Adam's Needle, n. View full entry 1730
...Any of several yucca plants with narrow sharp-pointed leaves, esp. (in early use) Yucca gloriosa, and (now more usually) Y. filamentosa, both native to eastern North...
4. agapanthus, n. View full entry 1789
...Any plant of the South African genus Agapanthus (family Amaryllidaceae), comprising herbaceous perennials that typically have narrow, strap-like leaves and large umbels of blue, violet, or white lily-like...
5. agisting, adj. View full entry 1768
...Of a farmer: that takes in the cattle of another person to pasture....
6. † agricolist, n. View full entry 1753
...= agriculturist...
7. agricolous, adj. View full entry 1779
...Relating to, engaged in, or sustained by agriculture; (also) of, or characteristic of the countryside; rural, rustic. Cf. agricultural1, agricole...
8. agriculturalist, n. View full entry 1788
...= agriculturist...
9. agriculturally, adv. View full entry 1777
...With regard or reference to agriculture; from an agricultural point of view....
10. agriculturer, n. View full entry 1776
...A person engaged in agriculture; a cultivator, a farmer....
11. agriculturist, n. View full entry 1778
...A person engaged in agriculture; a cultivator, a farmer; a farm-worker; (also occas.) an agricultural theorist. Cf. agriculturalist...
12. agronome, n. View full entry 1776
...= agronomist...
13. agronomic, adj. View full entry 1793
...Of or relating to agronomy or agronomics....
14. agronomical, adj. View full entry 1790
...= agronomic...
15. agronomist, n. View full entry 1799
...An expert or specialist in agronomy or agronomics. Cf. agronome...
16. agronomy, n. View full entry 1796
...The practice or (now chiefly) the science of crop production and soil management. Cf. agronomics...
17. alba, n.1 View full entry 1797
...More fully alba rose. A shrub rose derived from Rosa × alba (an old white garden rose now thought to be a hybrid), distinguished by grey-green leaves and...
18. Alderney, n. View full entry 1747
...Originally: a breed of small dairy cattle bred in Alderney. In later use chiefly: any of the Channel Island breeds of cattle, esp. the Jersey and the Guernsey. Also: an...
19. alfalfa, n. View full entry 1764
...A leguminous plant, Medicago sativa, with clover-like leaves and bluish flowers, native to south-west Asia and widely cultivated elsewhere, chiefly as a forage crop. Also called lucerne....
20. allamanda, n. View full entry 1789
...Any of various shrubs and lianas constituting the tropical American genus Allamanda (family Apocynaceae); esp. any of several cultivated varieties of A. cathartica, grown...
