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field crop

DEFINITIONS OF: field crop

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n a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes

“cotton, hay, and grain are field crops
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field corn
corn grown primarily for animal feed or market grain
Zea mays indentata, dent corn
corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity
Yankee corn, Zea mays indurata, flint corn, flint maize
corn having kernels with a hard outer layer enclosing the soft endosperm
Zea mays amylacea, flour corn, soft corn, squaw corn
corn having kernels almost entirely of soft starch
Type of:
crop
a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
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