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alfalfa arable barley bran cacao cassava cereal cocoa corn crop cultivate cultivated cultivation drill(n) drill(v) ear fertilize fertilizer germinate grain grower harvest(n) harvest(v) harvester hay haystack horticulture kernel lift maize malt millet oats orchard organic plant plantation potato produce propagate prune reap rice ripe rotate rye scion season seed sisal sorghum sow sprout straw taro till tillage vegetable vineyard viticulture wheat windfall

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Language: Old English
Origin: cropp 'bird's crop, top part of a plant'

crop

1 noun
     
crop1 W3 [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
2TAC the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a season [= harvest]
crop of
this season's crop of quality pears
Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop (=a very large amount of something produced in a season).
increased crop yields
3

crop of somebody/something

a group of people that arrive or things that happen at the same time
crop of somebody/something of
South Korea's present crop of elected politicians
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

crop of dark hair/blonde curls etc

DC hair that is short, thick, and attractive:
his reddish crop of shining hair


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