"green crop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: green crops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} green crop (plural green crops)
  1. (obsolete, agriculture) A vegetable crop, as opposed to a cereal crop; a crop which has green leaves when harvested Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-green_crop-en-noun-Jh01UBn2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

Inflected forms

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