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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
crop
/kɹɒp/
noun1 of 2
plants grown on a farm for food (e.g., corn or rice)
- “The storm caused a lot of damage to the crop.”Tatoeba
- “Owing to lack of water, we had a poor crop.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)