cover crop

noun

a crop, usually a legume, planted to keep nutrients from leaching, soil from eroding, and land from weeding over, as during the winter.

Origin of cover crop

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby cover crop

coverage, coverall, cover bidding , cover boy, cover charge, cover crop, Coverdale, covered bridge, covered-dish supper, covered wagon, cover for

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Example sentences from the Web for cover crop

Thus, cultivation must cease early in the season, and a cover-crop be sown to help harden and mature the vines.
Manual of American Grape-Growing|U. P. Hedrick
As a cover-crop for poor land it adds much humus to the soil and makes capital grazing.
Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett
Intensive cultivation continues, the vines are treated for pests and the annual cover-crop follows cultivation.
Manual of American Grape-Growing|U. P. Hedrick
Whether provided with a cover-crop to be turned under or hard and bare, the land must be broken each spring with the plow.
Manual of American Grape-Growing|U. P. Hedrick

Usually a pear-orchard should be cultivated once in two or three weeks until time to sow the cover-crop in midsummer.
The Pears of New York|U. P. Hedrick

British Dictionary definitions for cover crop

cover crop

noun

a crop planted between main crops to prevent leaching or soil erosion or to provide green manure

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单词	cover crop
释义	cover crop noun a crop, usually a legume, planted to keep nutrients from leaching, soil from eroding, and land from weeding over, as during the winter. Origin of cover crop First recorded in 1905–10 Words nearby cover crop coverage, coverall, cover bidding , cover boy, cover charge, cover crop, Coverdale, covered bridge, covered-dish supper, covered wagon, cover for Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cover crop Thus, cultivation must cease early in the season, and a cover-crop be sown to help harden and mature the vines. Manual of American Grape-Growing\|U. P. Hedrick As a cover-crop for poor land it adds much humus to the soil and makes capital grazing. Agriculture for Beginners\|Charles William Burkett Intensive cultivation continues, the vines are treated for pests and the annual cover-crop follows cultivation. Manual of American Grape-Growing\|U. P. Hedrick Whether provided with a cover-crop to be turned under or hard and bare, the land must be broken each spring with the plow. Manual of American Grape-Growing\|U. P. Hedrick Usually a pear-orchard should be cultivated once in two or three weeks until time to sow the cover-crop in midsummer. The Pears of New York\|U. P. Hedrick British Dictionary definitions for cover crop cover crop noun a crop planted between main crops to prevent leaching or soil erosion or to provide green manure Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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