irrigation
noun
the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
overirrigation
-
a word derived from
irrigation.
Example Sentences
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If the same gene tweak works in cereal crops such as rice and wheat—the researchers are testing them now—fallow lands destroyed by drought or overirrigation could become new breadbaskets.
From Scientific American ● May 1, 2011
