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Noun: aquiculture  'ak-wu,kúl-chu(r)
  1. Rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
    "Sustainable aquiculture practices help meet the growing demand for seafood";
    - aquaculture
     
  2. [rare] A technique of growing plants in water containing dissolved nutrients, without soil
    "They used aquiculture to grow lettuce year-round";
    - hydroponics, tank farming

Derived forms: aquicultures

Type of: agriculture, cultivation, farming, husbandry

Encyclopedia: Aquiculture