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Definition of Root crop
1. Noun. Crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Root Crop
Literary usage of Root crop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... spring-sown root-crop. As turnips or Swedes may occupy the ground till after
Christmas little time is left for the preparation of a seed-bed for barley, ..."
2. Proceedings of the International Conference on Plant Hardiness and by Daniel Hall (1912)
"... Manure as a Mulch on Grass Land—Farmyard Manure best utilised for the Root
Crop or Grass Land—Value of Farmyard Manure : Cost of making One Ton. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"(3) A grain-crop follows well after a root crop, and generally little or no
plowing is needed. ... It embraces a root crop, a cereal and a leguminous crop. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"(3) A grain-crop follows well after a root crop, ami generally little or no
plowing is needed. ... It embraces a root crop, a cereal and a leguminous crop. ..."
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