| A | B |
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| agriculture | farming; cultivating the soil to make crops grow. |
| drought | a long period of dry weather; continued lack of rain. |
| irrigation | supplying land with water. |
| fertile | able to bear seeds, fruit, or young. |
| drain | draw off or flow off slowly. |
| cranberry | a firm, sour, dark-red berry that grows on low shrubs in marshes. |
| olive | kind of evergreen tree with gray-green leaves. |
| growth | process of growing; development. |
| bud | a small swelling on a plant that will grow into a flower, leaf, or branch. |
| cereal | any grass that produces grain which is used as a food. |
| barley | the grain of a kind of cereal grass, or the plant that it grows on. |
| irrigate | supply(land) with water by using ditches or by sprinkling. |
| produce | make; bring into existence. |
| kernel | the softer part inside the hard shell of a nut or inside the stone of a fruit. |
| soil | ground; earth; dirt. |
| pineapple | the large, juicy, tropical fruit of a plant with slender, stiff leaves. |
| kneel | go down on one's knee or knees. |
| furrow | a long, narrow groove or track cut in the earth by a plow |
| bale | a large bundle of material securely wrapped or bound for shipping or storage. |
| fertilizer | manure or other substance put into or on the soil to make it produce more. |
