arable

arable
arability, n.
/ar"euh beuhl/, adj.
1. capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: arable land; arable soil.
n.
2. land that can be or is cultivated.
[1375-1425; < L arabilis, equiv. to ara(re) to plow + -bilis -BLE; r. late ME erable, equiv. to er(en) to plow (OE erian) + -able -ABLE]

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