AGRICULTURAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does agricultural mean? 

• AGRICULTURAL (adjective)
  The adjective AGRICULTURAL has 2 senses:

1. relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming

2. relating to farming or agriculture

  Familiarity information: AGRICULTURAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGRICULTURAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

an agricultural college

Pertainym:

agriculture (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to farming or agriculture

Synonyms:

agrarian; agricultural; farming

Context example:

farming communities

Similar:

rural (living in or characteristic of farming or country life)

 Context examples 

These changes would be particularly beneficial in the developing world, where better irrigation technology, water storage, and education would make a big difference to agricultural yield and reduce loss from draught.

(Model shows pathway to feeding the world, SciDev.Net)

Natural predators of common agricultural pests can save farmers money spent on insecticides while being friendly to health and environment, a study carried out in the cotton fields of China suggests.

(Study estimates true value of ladybird as biocontrol, SciDev.Net)

Areas where benefits from agricultural conversion are higher than cost of deforestation were identified as the Atlantic Forest (mostly coastal Brazil), the Gulf of Guinea and Thailand.

(Most countries lose out with forest-to-farm conversions, SciDev.Net)

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist examined the impact of brown, red and purple rice bran on mice fat cells as a model for developing methods to help with diabetes management.

(Colored Rice May Brighten the Menu for Diabetics in the Future, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Its productivity can be 10-100 times greater than that of raw materials from traditional agricultural crops.

(Brazilian researchers identify microalgae that can provide biofuels, Agência Brasil)

Plants can be easily grown using good agricultural practices and under controlled environments.

(Human Heart Cells Grown on Spinach Leaves, VOA News)

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have transferred a biochemical pathway found in sorghum, which produces a weed-killing compound, into rice plants.

(Transferring Sorghum’s Weed-Killing Power to Rice, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

A worker who travels from place to place as an agricultural worker, ususally moving to participate in harvest activities.

(Migrant Farm Worker, NCI Thesaurus)

Occupational medicine encompasses issues such as industrial hygiene, safety, pollution control, ergonomics, industrial and agricultural toxicology, disability evaluation, physical rehabilitation, industrial psychology and emergency medicine.

(Occupational Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)

This group includes, but is not limited to, pharmaceutical excipients, research/diagnostic agents, agricultural agents, and other non-edible products that may have human health implication.

(Industrial Aid, NCI Thesaurus)