noun
a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes
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cotton, hay, and grain are field crops
• Hypernyms: ↑crop
• Hyponyms: ↑field corn
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noun : a crop (as hay, grain, or cotton) grown for agricultural purposes covering a large area but excluding fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants
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any of the herbaceous plants grown on a large scale in cultivated fields: primarily a grain, forage, sugar, oil, or fiber crop.
[1855-60]
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field crop,
any crop, such as grain or hay, grown on a large scale, usually for feeding livestock.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.