agrest- +

1. Belonging to the open country, wild; hence, rustic, rude.
2. A rustic, a man of the country.

1. Dwelling, or growing wild, in the fields; wild.
2. A reference to fields, rural, rustic.

In Brazil, the agreste is a narrow zone in the states of Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe and Bahia between the coastal zona da mata (forest zone) and the semiarid sertão.

The agreste actually fades out before Rio Grande Do Norte is reached because of the breakdown of the mountain chain that gives the coastal Atlantic forest zone high rainfall. Land use is predominantly mixed farming, with fruits such as melons especially important. Like the sertão, the agreste is frequently affected by drought, although generally the effects are less severe.

Inhabiting the fields or open country; wild; specifically in botany, growing wild in cultivated land.

1. Belonging to the country, rustic, rude.
2. A rustic, a countryman.

1. Of or pertaining to the country or fields, as opposed to the city; rural, rustic, socially unpolished; hence, uncouth.
2. Associated with the rural or rustic life; lacking the qualities associated with city sophistication.
3. Socially unpolished; awkward; such as, "His agrestic behavior indicated that he was not very sophisticated or cosmopolitan."
4. Used by some people in the perfume and flavor industries to describe an aroma which is "of the countryside"; such as, hay, heather, forest depths, or meadows.

Rural; rustic; referring to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; unpolished.

Rusticity, "clownishness"; countrified.