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  • 41silvicultural — silviculture ► NOUN ▪ the growing and cultivation of trees. DERIVATIVES silvicultural adjective. ORIGIN from Latin silva wood …

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  • 42silviculture — ► NOUN ▪ the growing and cultivation of trees. DERIVATIVES silvicultural adjective. ORIGIN from Latin silva wood …

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  • 43arboriculture — [är′bə rə kul΄chər, är bôr′ə kul΄chər] n. [< L arbor, tree + (AGRI)CULTURE] the scientific cultivation of trees and shrubs arboriculturist n …

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  • 44arboriculture — n. the cultivation of trees and shrubs. Derivatives: arboricultural adj. arboriculturist n. Etymology: L arbor oris tree, after agriculture …

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  • 45ar|bo|ri|cul|ture — «AHR buhr uh KUHL chuhr», noun. the cultivation of trees and shrubs for use or ornament …

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  • 46gardening — /gahrd ning/, n. 1. the act of cultivating or tending a garden. 2. the work or art of a gardener. [1570 80; GARDEN + ING1] * * * Laying out and tending of a garden. Though palatial gardens existed in ancient times, small home gardens became… …

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  • 47Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean …

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  • 48AGRICULTURAL LAND-MANAGEMENT METHODS AND IMPLEMENTS IN ANCIENT EREẒ ISRAEL — Ereẓ Israel is a small country with a topographically fragmented territory, each geographical region having a distinctive character of its own. These regions include: the coastal plain, the lowlands, the hilly country, the inland valleys, the… …

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  • 49japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 50Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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