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111crop-dust — /krop dust /, v.t. to subject (a field) to crop dusting. * * * crop dust «KROP DUHST», transitive verb. to sprinkle (cotton, tobacco, or other crop or vegetation) with insecticide or fungicide, especially from an aircraft. –v.i. to engage in crop …
112Crop (agriculture) — A crop is any plant that is grown in significant quantities to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or for any other economic purpose. This category includes crop species as well as agricultural techniques related to cropping.There are many… …
113Crop Method — This method of accounting is available for farmers who do not harvest and sell their crops in the same year that they planted and grew them. The crop method allows the farmer to deduct the full cost of crop production in the year that the crop is …
114Crop Year — The time period from one year s harvest to the next for an agricultural commodity. The crop year varies for each commodity. The crop year has an influence on the price of a commodity, since the quality of the harvest may differ from year to year …
115Crop — This interesting surname is of medieval English origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a picker of fruit or vegetables, or a reaper of corn. The derivation of the name is from the Middle English crop(en) , to pick, pluck, a derivative… …
116crop — 1. noun 1) some farmers lost their entire crop Syn: harvest, year s growth, yield; fruits, produce 2) a bumper crop of mail Syn: batch, lot, assortment, selection, collection, supply …
117crop — Noun: A product of the soil, anything produced from the earth by planting, cultivation and labor; either a gathered or a growing crop. 21 Am J2d Crops § 1; goods within the definition of the Uniform Commercial Code. UCC § 2 105(1). The term crop… …
118crop up — verb appear suddenly or unexpectedly (Freq. 2) The farm popped into view as we turned the corner He suddenly popped up out of nowhere • Syn: ↑pop up, ↑pop • Hypernyms: ↑appear …
119crop-dusting — noun the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low flying aircraft) • Syn: ↑spraying • Topics: ↑aircraft • Hypernyms: ↑dispersion, ↑dispersal, ↑dissemination, ↑ …
120crop circle — noun : a geometric and especially circular pattern in a field of grain giving the appearance of having been made by systematically flattening the stalks and now usually attributed to natural phenomena or to the work of hoaxers or pranksters… …
