agra- +
(Greek > Latin: from ager to agri and agrarius, "of the land"; land, fields)
agral
Of or belonging to the fields.
agrarian, agrarians
1. In Roman history, relating to the land: epithet of a law (Lex agraria) for the division of conquered lands.
2. Relating to, or connected with, landed property.
3. Of, relating to, or connected with, cultivated land, or its cultivation.
4. In botany, growing wild in the fields; also, name proposed for the lowest of the altitudinal zones of vegetation, within the limits of the cultivation of corn.
agrarianism
A movement for the equal division of landed property and for the promotion of agricultural interests.
agrarianization
The establishment of agriculture; the formation and spread of a system structured around the domestication of plants.
agrarianly
1. Relating to agricultural or rural matters.
2. Intended to further agricultural interests: "He wrote about the lobbyists who had an agrarianly advantageous bill for big agricultural businesses."
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)":
agrest-;
agri-;
agro-;
argill-;
choro-;
chthon-;
epeiro-;
geo-;
glob-;
lut-;
myso-;
pedo-;
pel-;
rhyp-;
soil-;
sord-;
terr-.
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