"sunset crop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sunset crops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sunset crop (plural sunset crops)
  1. A type of agricultural crop that is not expected to be commercially viable much longer.
    Sense id: en-sunset_crop-en-noun-Gdb357Kt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2003, Mike Foale, The Coconut Odyssey: The Bounteous Possibilities of the Tree of Life",
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