English Explanatory Dictionary

cover crop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

cover crop cover crops

Related words

ground cover smother crop
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