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English Dictionary: harvesting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harvesting
n
  1. the gathering of a ripened crop [syn: harvest, harvesting, harvest home]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\,
      a. & n., from {Harvest}, v. t.
  
      {Harvesting ant} (Zo[94]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 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.
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