arability

ar·a·ble

(ăr′ə-bəl)

adj.

Fit for cultivation, as by plowing.

Land fit to be cultivated.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin arābilis, from arāre, to plow.]

ar′a·bil′i·ty n.

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arability

(ˌærəˈbɪlətɪ)

the suitability of land for growing crops

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arability - the quality of land that is appropriate for cultivation

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The answer to this lies, crucially, with social norms (Rothbard, 1973); for example, farming must be more intensive east of the Mississippi than west of it, based on common practices, which are predicated in turn on arability of the land.