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cover crop

noun

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


cover crop

noun

  1. 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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Origin of cover crop1

First recorded in 1905–10
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The couple, who live in Cerne Abbas, struck deals with several owners of permanent pasture land, but were only able to expand their operation after securing grazing of winter cover crops on arable farms.

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They've also weaned off of chemical fertilizers and planted cover crops.

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There’s the crawling vines of the beans, the cover crop of the squash grown below, and the shade being produced by the cornstalks.

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Like many larger farms, she plants cover crops in fields that would otherwise be bare between planting season, along with no-till practices.

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Building housing in city centers, planting cover crops and thinning forests could be key strategies for reducing emissions.

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