Topic: CROPS
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alfalfa
arable
barley
bran
cacao
canker
cash crop
cassava
cereal
cocoa
corn
crop
crop-dusting
crop rotation
crop-spraying
cultivate
cultivated
cultivation
cultivator
drill(n)
drill(v)
ear
fertilize
fertilizer
field corn
germinate
glean
grain
granary
grower
harvest(n)
harvest(v)
harvester
hay
hayloft
haystack
horticulture
kernel
lift
maize
malt
market garden
millet
oats
orchard
organic
plant
plantation
potato
produce
propagate
prune
reap
rice
rice paddy
ripe
root crop
rotate
rye
ryegrass
scion
season
seed
seedbed
sheaf
sisal
sorghum
sow
sprout
straw
stubble
sugar beet
taro
till
tillage
unripe
vegetable
vineyard
viticulture
wheat
windfall
winnow
| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | cropp 'bird's crop, top part of a plant' |
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[countable]1TAC a plant such as wheat, rice, or fruit that is grown by farmers and used as food [↪ GM]: The main crops were oats and barley. crops grown for market ➔ cash crop
The main crops were oats and barley.crops grown for market2TAC the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a season [= harvest] Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop (=a very large amount of something produced in a season).
Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop (=a very large amount of something produced in a season).4DSH a short whip used in horseriding
5HBB the part under a bird's throat where food is stored
6DC a very short hairstyle
7 hair that is short, thick, and attractive : his reddish crop of shining hair
crop of dark hair/blonde curls etc
DChis reddish crop of shining hair