"alley crop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alley crops [plural]
Etymology: From the use of the "alleys" between rows of trees. Head templates: {{en-noun}} alley crop (plural alley crops)
  1. A crop that is cultivated in this manner.
    Sense id: en-alley_crop-en-noun-QWJ-AP5W

Verb

Forms: alley crops [present, singular, third-person], alley cropping [participle, present], alley cropped [participle, past], alley cropped [past]
Etymology: From the use of the "alleys" between rows of trees. Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} alley crop (third-person singular simple present alley crops, present participle alley cropping, simple past and past participle alley cropped)
  1. (transitive) To plant non-woody crops between rows of nut, fruit, timber, or fodder trees. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-alley_crop-en-verb-ImoTPxLX Disambiguation of Agriculture: 11 89 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 89

Inflected forms

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