AGRONOMY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production

Synonyms:

agronomy; scientific agriculture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("agronomy" is a kind of...):

science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)

Meronyms (parts of "agronomy"):

agrobiology (the study of plant nutrition and growth especially as a way to increase crop yield)

agrology (science of soils in relation to crops)

Derivation:

agronomic; agronomical (of or relating to or promoting agronomy)

agronomist (an expert in soil management and field-crop production)