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Agriculture

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

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Arboriculture 76% connected

The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.

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Dairying 76% connected

The business of conducting a dairy.

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Gardening 76% connected

of Garden

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Horticulture 76% connected

The cultivation of a garden or orchard; the art of cultivating gardens or orchards.

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Planting 76% connected

of Plant

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Broader term 4

Business 76% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Cultivation 76% connected

The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Agriculturalist 74% connected

An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

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Agriculturalist 74% connected

An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

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Grow 74% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Grow 74% connected

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Harvest 70% connected

The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

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Tilling 70% connected

of Till

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Farming 92% connected

of Farm

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Husbandry 92% connected

Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.

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