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catch crop

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season

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catch crop - a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season

crop - a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale

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catch crop			Sow one or two catch crops of fast maturing salad crops in the rows until the leeks and brassicas have grown to fill the spaces. Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) So it is on with harvesting and as soon as a little piece of ground is emptied it is filled with catch crops of quick growing vegetables such as radish, lettuce, beetroot and spring onions. tales from the allotment; gardens by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) This can also be sown now to provide a late autumn catch crop of caulis. Dig this by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			catastrophe theory catastrophic catastrophic illness catastrophically catastrophism Catastrophist catatonia catatonic catatonic schizophrenia catatonic type schizophrenia Catawba Catawba River Catawbas catbird catbird seat catboat catbrier catcall catch catch a glimpse catch a wink catch at catch basin catch cold catch colt catch crop catch fire catch it catch on catch one's breath catch out catch phrase catch pit catch points catch question catch sight catch some Z's Catch title catch up catch up with Catch-22 catch-all catch-as-catch-can Catch-basin Catch-meadow catch-up Catchable catchall Catchdrain catcher catcher's mask			Catch all party Catch As Catch Can Catch As Catch Can Catch Assessment System catch at catch at catch at a bad time catch at straws catch at straws catch at straws catch bang to rights catch basin catch basin catch basin catch basin Catch Basin Manhole catch breath catch breath catch breath catch breath catch breath catch by artifice catch by perfidy catch by surprise catch cold catch cold catch cold catch cold catch cold catch colt catch crop Catch Cropping catch crops catch crops catch dead to rights catch death catch death catch death catch death catch death catch death of cold catch death of cold catch death of cold catch death of cold catch death! catch doing catch drain catch drift Catch Effort Landing Return Catch Everyone Being Right catch eye catch eye catch eye catch eye catch eye catch fancy catch fancy catch fancy catch fancy catch fire catch fire

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