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   arable

   /ˈarəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of land) used or suitable for growing crops: "acres of arable land"
   • ▪ (of crops) able to be grown on arable land: "arable crops"
   • ▪ concerned with growing arable crops: "arable farming"

   noun

   • 1. arable land or crops: "vast areas of arable and pasture"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin arabilis, from arare ‘to plough’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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