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Any of many crops planted between others or after others so as to prevent erosion and to improve soil quality (especially by adding nitrogen); such a crop is often plowed into the soil as a green manure at the end of its season. Crops often used as cover crops include legumes (e.g., clover, sweet clover, vetch), cereals (e.g., rye, oats), and roots (e.g., radishes, turnips).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: crop
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Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
katekasvi
— crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion
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Finnish:
kesantokasvi
— crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion
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German:
Zwischenfrucht
— crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion
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Polish:
międzyplon
— crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion
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Polish:
poplon
— crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion
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Spanish:
cultivo de cobertura
— crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion
