intercropv.
/ɪntəˈkrɒp/ To raise a crop among plants of a different kind, usually using the space between rows.
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1945 in R. W. Zandvoort et al. Wartime Eng. (1957) 133 In a West-country orchard..rows of inter~cropped potatoes flourish beneath the fruit trees.
1969 G. 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.
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ˈintercrop n. a crop so raised.
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intercrop1935
1935 H. F. Macmillan Trop. Planting & Gardening (ed. 4) iv. 30 The inter~crop or catch-crop may retard the growth of the principal crop.
1966 C. C. Webster & P. N. Wilson Agric. in Tropics x. 230 An intercrop is clearly undesirable on account of competition for soil moisture.
interˈcropping n.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > other systems of growing crops
water farming1811
catch-cropping1851
sharecropping1877
intercropping1898
intertillage1912
strip-cropping1936
alley farming1984
1898 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 6) v. 94 Some kind of inter-cropping would give an excellent result in the flower garden also.
1901 W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden (ed. 8) 92 Evidence of the good way in which inter-cropping suits plants in nursery beds.
1951 J. S. Douglas Hydroponics vi. 89 Any well-planned hydroponicum will allow plenty of scope for careful intercropping.
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