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overyield

overyield verb: to yield more than normally, typically when grown with another plant species.

Verb

overyield (third-person singular simple present overyields, present participle overyielding, simple past and past participle overyielded)

  1. To yield more than normally, typically when grown with another plant species

Forms of overyield

third-person singular presentoveryields
present participleoveryielding
past participleoveryielded
pastoveryielded

Origin of overyield

From over- + yield.

Questions about overyield

What does overyield mean?
Overyield means to yield more than normally, typically when grown with another plant species.
What part of speech is overyield?
Overyield is a verb.
What is the past tense of overyield?
The past tense of overyield is overyielded.

Words near overyield in the dictionary

  1. Overy
  2. overyear
  3. overyeared
  4. overyearing
  5. overyears
  6. overyield
  7. overyielded
  8. overyielding
  9. overyields
  10. overyoung
  11. overyouthful

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