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Rice is now the main cash crop of nine-tenths of the farmers in Punjab.
»a lucrative/valuable cash crop
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cash crop — cash crop, cash crop production A cash crop is a horticultural product that is grown exclusively for sale on a money market, rather than for subsistence or barter. Cash crop production may entail monoculture (the production of a single crop for… … Dictionary of sociology
cash crop — cash crops N COUNT A cash crop is a crop that is grown in order to be sold. Cranberries have become a major cash crop … English dictionary
cash crop — n a crop grown in order to be sold rather than to be used by the people growing it →subsistence crop at ↑subsistence … Dictionary of contemporary English
cash crop — cash ,crop noun count a crop that farmers grow so that they can sell it, rather than using it themselves … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cash crop — cash′ crop′ n. agr. any crop that is considered easily marketable, as wheat or cotton • Etymology: 1865–70, amer … From formal English to slang
cash crop — ► NOUN ▪ a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower … English terms dictionary
cash crop — n. a crop grown by a farmer primarily for sale to others rather than for his or her own use … English World dictionary
cash crop — noun a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) • Hypernyms: ↑crop * * * noun : a crop produced or gathered primarily for the market and readily salable (as cotton, tobacco, or… … Useful english dictionary
Cash crop — For the Rascalz album, see Cash Crop (album) … Wikipedia
cash crop — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cash crop : singular cash crop plural cash crops a crop that farmers grow so that they can sell it, rather than using it themselves … English dictionary
