Agriculture

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• balsam

  A tree which yields a fragrant resinous substance, especially one used in medicine.
• bamboo

  A giant woody grass which is grown chiefly in the tropics.
• barley

  Barley is a tall plant with long hairs on its stems, or the grain from this plant. It is used for food and for making beer and whisky.
• barren

  Barren means unable to produce plants or fruit, or unable to have children or young animals. It can also mean not creating or producing anything new.
• barrow

  Barrow can refer to a castrated pig
• benign

  A term used to describe something that is not harmful or malignant.
• biennial

  Biennial can be an adjective meaning lasting or happening for two years, or a noun meaning a plant that completes its life cycle in two seasons.
• biodiversity

  Biodiversity is the number and types of plants and animals that exist in a particular area or in the world, or the problem of protecting this.
• biological control

  Biological control is a component of an integrated pest management strategy. It is defined as the reduction of pest populations by natural enemies and typically involves an active human role.
• biomass

  The total mass of living material of a specified type (e.g., microbial biomass) in a given (e.g. in a cubic meter of soil).
• biopores

  Soil pores, usually of relatively large diameter, created by plant roots, earthworms, or other soil organisms.
• bioremediation

  The decontamination or restoration of polluted or degraded soil by means of enhancing the chemical degradation or other activities of soil organisms.
• biostimulant

  Substances used to promote the growth of crop plants.
• bloat

  Make or become swollen with fluid or gas.
• bloodline

  Is a sequence of direct ancestors especially in a pedigree; also: family, strain.
• boar

  A male pig kept for breeding on a farm, or a type of wild pig.
• bobby calf

  Refers to newborn calves that are less than 30 days old and not with their mothers.
• bobtail

  A tail that is naturally short or has been cut short in animals like horses, dogs, or cats.
• boll

  The rounded seed capsule of plants such as cotton or flax.
• boomspray

  A boom sprayer is a widely used agricultural apparatus for applying herbicides in broadscale farming.
• bore water

  bore water can be defined as the water found underground in aquifers or wells, which is extracted through the process of bore water drilling.
• bottle jaw

  Bottle jaw disease mostly affects cattle, goats, and sheep. It is an abnormal swelling that occurs below the jaw due to the accumulation of fluid under the skin.
• bracts

  A modified leaf growing just below a flower or flower stalk.
• branding

  To burn a cow to make a mark.
• breeding unit

  The process of producing plants or animals by hybridization, inbreeding or other methods of reproduction.