What is the meaning of agriculture?

noun

• A large-scale farming enterprise.
  • synonyms: agribusiness, factory farm
• The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.
  • synonyms: farming, husbandry
• The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862.
  • synonyms: Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, USDA
• The class of people engaged in growing food. .