white crop
white crop noun: a cereal crop; a crop which turns from green to white or yellow as it ripens.
Noun
white crop (plural white crops)
- A cereal crop; a crop which turns from green to white or yellow as it ripens
- 22. White Crops—are such as become bleached, or turn white and dry while ripening their seed; such are all the various kinds of grain.1837 August 15, “Explanation of Terms”, in The Farmers' Cabinet, Philadelphia, Vol.II No.2 p.26
- Commencing, say, with potatoes, the small farmer will afterwards grow two or three white crops in succession, and get in addition a catch-crop of turnips after rye (invariably), sometimes sowing carrots in wheat or flax.1870 Augustus Voelcker and H.M. Jenkins, "Report on the Agriculture of Belgium" in The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England 2nd Ser. Vol.6 p.18
Antonyms of white crop
Forms of white crop
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Questions about white crop
- What does white crop mean?
- White crop means a cereal crop; a crop which turns from green to white or yellow as it ripens.
- What part of speech is white crop?
- White crop is a noun.
- What is the plural of white crop?
- The plural of white crop is white crops.
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