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Agricola definition

Agrico·la (ə grikə lə)

  1. Agricola, (Gnaeus Julius) 40-93; Rom. general: governor of Britain ( 78?-85?)
  2. (ə grikə lə)
    Agricola, Georgius (jôrjē əs) (L. name of Georg Bauer) 1490-1555; Ger. scholar who made the first scientific classification of minerals: called the Father of Mineralogy

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