A-grōn'o-my, n.

n. [Fr. agronomie; agronome, agriculturist; Gr. ἀγρονόμος, haunting the country, rural; n., overseer of the public lands; from ἀγρός, field, and νέμειν, to deal out, to assign, νόμος, usage, law.] The art of cultivating the ground; agriculture. Brande.