cover crop en · NOUN
Meanings
- 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).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cover crops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (6)
fi kesantokasvi (crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion) · es cultivo de cobertura (crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion) · pl poplon (crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion) · pl międzyplon (crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion) · fi katekasvi (crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion) · de Zwischenfrucht (crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion)