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sunset crop

sunset crop noun: a type of agricultural crop that is not expected to be commercially viable much longer.

Noun

sunset crop (plural sunset crops)

  1. A type of agricultural crop that is not expected to be commercially viable much longer.
    • It would seem therefore that the rubber tree need no longer be considered as a "sunset crop"1995, The Planter - Volume 71, Issues 826-837, page 297
    • Negros Oriental is also more diversified economically than its Western cousin, Negros Occidental, which is overly dependent on the sunset crop sugar.2001, Bernardo M. Villegas, The Philippine Advantage, →ISBN, page 319

Forms of sunset crop

pluralsunset crops

Questions about sunset crop

What does sunset crop mean?
Sunset crop means a type of agricultural crop that is not expected to be commercially viable much longer.
What part of speech is sunset crop?
Sunset crop is a noun.
What is the plural of sunset crop?
The plural of sunset crop is sunset crops.

Words near sunset crop in the dictionary

  1. Sunseris
  2. sunset
  3. sunset clause
  4. sunset clauses
  5. Sunset Crater
  6. sunset crop
  7. sunset crops
  8. sunset flip
  9. sunset flips
  10. sunset industries
  11. sunset industry

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