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intercrop, v.|ɪntəˈkrɒp|
[inter- 1.]
To raise a crop among plants of a different kind, usually using the space between rows. Hence interˈcropping vbl. n.; ˈintercrop n., a crop so raised.
1898W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 6) v. 94 Some kind of inter-cropping would give an excellent result in the flower garden also. 1935H. F. Macmillan Tropical Planting & Gardening (ed. 4) iv. 30 The inter⁓crop or catch-crop may retard the growth of the principal crop. 1945in R. W. Zandvoort et al. Wartime English (1957) 133 In a West-country orchard..rows of inter⁓cropped potatoes flourish beneath the fruit trees. 1951J. S. Douglas Hydroponics vi. 89 Any well-planned hydroponicum will allow plenty of scope for careful intercropping. 1966Webster & Wilson Agric. in Tropics x. 230 An intercrop is clearly undesirable on account of competition for soil moisture. 1969G. Wrigley Tropical Agric. (ed. 2) ii. 119 The production of an acre inter⁓cropped was equivalent to an acre and a half cultivated in a pure stand. |