"cover crop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cover crops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cover crop (plural cover crops)
  1. Any of several crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion and to improve soil quality (especially by adding nitrogen); often plowed into the soil as a green manure at the end of its season. Wikipedia link: cover crop Categories (topical): Agriculture Related terms: ground cover, smother crop Translations (crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion): katekasvi (Finnish), kesantokasvi (Finnish), Zwischenfrucht [feminine] (German), cultivo de cobertura [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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