[ ə'grɒnəmi ]
■ noun the science of soil management and crop production.
Derivatives
agronomic adjective
agronomical adjective
agronomically adverb
agronomist noun
Origin
C19: from Fr. agronomie , from agronome 'agriculturist', from Gk agros 'field' + -nomos 'arranging' (from nemoein 'arrange').