agrobiology |
the applied science of plant growth and nutrition aimed at improving soil conditions and crop yield. |
agronomy |
the study and application of scientific methods of soil management and field crop production; scientific agriculture. |
amaranth |
a plant having coarse leaves and bearing purple, green, or red clusters of small flowers, often grown as a food crop. [1/3 definitions] |
banana republic |
(informal) a small, often politically unstable Central American country with a one-crop economy that is controlled by foreign capital (used as a derogatory label). |
basset2 |
in geology, to protrude or emerge, as from a level, background, or buried part; crop out. [1/2 definitions] |
cash crop |
a crop grown for sale to others rather than for personal use. |
chrysanthemum |
a type of plant grown for its flowers that bloom in autumn. Some species are grown for a compound that kills insects on crop plants. [1/2 definitions] |
cotton |
a crop consisting of cotton plants. [1/6 definitions] |
cover crop |
a quick-growing crop planted to prevent soil erosion or soil depletion. |
craw |
the pouch in the gullet of a bird or insect in which food is held and may be partially digested; crop. [1/2 definitions] |
crop |
plants grown on a farm. [2/7 definitions] |
fruitage |
a fruit crop or fruits collectively. [1/3 definitions] |
harvest |
to gather in a crop. [1/3 definitions] |
no-till farming |
a method of farming that prepares the soil for planting without plowing or otherwise breaking into and turning over the soil forcefully with machinery. In no-till farming, residue of the previous crop remains on top of the soil, and the soil is cut into only slightly for seeding. |
overharvested |
gathered from excessively so that the potential for future growth of a desired crop or natural product is severely reduced. [1/2 definitions] |
patch |
a fairly small piece of land on which a particular crop grows. [1/6 definitions] |
reap |
to bring in a crop of grain; harvest. [1/3 definitions] |
root crop |
a crop, such as potatoes, beets, or carrots, that is grown for its edible roots. |
rotation of crops |
a system planting different crops in a fixed, repeated order in the same field so that each successive crop restores soil nutrients that were absorbed by the previous one. |
scarecrow |
a large figure of a human being, usu. made from stuffed clothes and set up in a crop field to scare birds away. [1/2 definitions] |
sharecrop |
to work (farmland) as a sharecropper, giving a portion of the crop to the landowner. |