"white crop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white crops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} white crop (plural white crops)
  1. (obsolete, agriculture) A cereal crop; a crop which turns from green to white or yellow as it ripens Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Agriculture
    Sense id: en-white_crop-en-noun--Bkf7qrM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

Inflected forms

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