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AGROBIOLOGY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("agrobiology" is a kind of...):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Holonyms ("agrobiology" is a part of...):
agronomy; scientific agriculture (the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production)
Derivation:
agrobiologic; agrobiological (of or pertaining to agrobiology)