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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a large-scale farming enterprise;
[syn: agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm]

2. the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock;
[syn: farming, agriculture, husbandry]

3. the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862;
[syn: Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDA]

4. the class of people engaged in growing food; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Agriculture \Ag"ri*cul`ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. agricultura; ager
   field + cultura cultivation: cf. F. agriculture. See Acre
   and Culture.]
   The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the
   harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live
   stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

agriculture
    n 1: a large-scale farming enterprise [syn: agribusiness,
         agriculture, factory farm]
    2: the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock [syn:
       farming, agriculture, husbandry]
    3: the federal department that administers programs that provide
       services to farmers (including research and soil conservation
       and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in
       1862 [syn: Department of Agriculture, Agriculture
       Department, Agriculture, USDA]
    4: the class of people engaged in growing food