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Of or pertaining to culture.

Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas…

An agriculturist (which is the preferred form.)

Pertaining to arboriculture. Loudon.

Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]

Pertaining to the cultivation of flowering plants.

Of or pertaining to horticulture, or the culture of gardens or orchards.

Of or pertaining to mental culture; serving to improve or strengthen the mind. [R.]

Relating to pisciculture.

Of or pertaining to viticulture.

That branch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology.

encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements.

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

An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.

pies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government. Cares are employments, and without employ The soul is on a rack. Young.

e; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent]

farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale; as, the Mechanics' fair; an agricultural fair. After the fair, Too late. [Colloq.]

Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.

One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.

use of the faculties. Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey. J. L. Farley.