Associations to the word «Arable»

Wiktionary

ARABLE, adjective. (agriculture) (of land) Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
ARABLE, adjective. (agriculture) (NGO jargon) (of land) Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).

Dictionary definition

ARABLE, adjective. (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.