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Meaning of CATCH CROP

Pronunciation:  kach krâp

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a quick-growing crop (e.g. lettuce) planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season
 
 See Also: crop, harvest

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Catch crop\
Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or
intermediate between two crops in ordinary rotation in point
of time. -- {Catch"-crop`ping}, n.

      Radishes . . . are often grown as a catch crop with
      other vegetables.                        --L. H.
                                               Bailey.

 

 

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