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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Immediately adjoining an urban area; between the suburbs and the countryside.

   "Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and raising of animals in and around urban or peri-urban areas."

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"Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and raising of animals in and around urban or peri-urban areas."

Etymology

From peri- + urban.

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