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n. 1. the science of soils in relation to crops. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Med.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Cf. F. agronomique. ] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to agronomy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The science of the distribution and management of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; &unr_; field + &unr_; usage, &unr_; to deal out, manage: cf. F. agronomie. ] The management of land; rural economy; agriculture. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + grope. ] In the act of groping. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus comprising the corncockles.
Syn. -- genus Agrostemma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. agrostographique. ] Pertaining to agrostography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -graphy. ] A description of the grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to agrostology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in agrostology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. ] That part of botany which treats of the grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + ground. ] On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Aggroupment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics.
Syn. -- genus Eragrostis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ It. pellagroso: cf. F. pellagreux. ] (Med.) Pertaining to, or affected with, or attendant on, pellagra; as, pellagrous insanity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Gouty; podagric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Potargo. [ 1913 Webster ]