Agronomy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agronomy \A*gron"o*my\, n. [Gr. ? rural; as a noun, an overseer
     of the public lands; ? field + ? usage, ? to deal out,
     manage: cf. F. agronomie.]
     The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  agronomy
       n : the application of soil and plant sciences to land
           management and crop production [syn: {scientific
           agriculture}]