Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harvesting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harvest \Har"vest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harvested}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Harvesting}.]
To reap or gather, as any crop.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\,
a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t.
{Harvesting ant} (Zo["o]l.), any species of ant which gathers
and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known.
Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are
{Aphenogaster structor} and {A. barbara}; that of
Texas, called {agricultural ant}, is {Pogonomyrmex
barbatus} or {Myrmica molifaciens}; that of Florida is
{P. crudelis}. See {Agricultural ant}, under
{Agricultural}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
harvesting
n : the gathering of a ripened crop [syn: {harvest}, {harvest
home}]
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