catch crop

catch crop
catch cropping.
a crop that reaches maturity in a relatively short time, often planted as a substitute for a crop that has failed or at a time when the ground would ordinarily lie fallow, as between the plantings of two staple crops.
[1880-85]

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  • Catch-cropping — Catch crop Catch crop Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordinary rotation in point of time. {Catch crop ping}, n. Radishes . . . are often grown as a catch crop with other vegetables. L. H.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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