agrar·i·an /əˈgrɛriən, ˈgrær-/
 (a.)有關土地的,耕地的


 A·gra·ri·an a.
 1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens.
    His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment.   --Burke.
 2. Bot. Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.


 A·gra·ri·an, n.
 1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
 2. An agrarian law. [R.]
    An equal agrarian is perpetual law.   --Harrington.

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 agrarian
      adj : relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural)
            society"; "farming communities" [syn: agricultural, farming(a)]