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cash crop

 

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Noun cash crop has 1 sense
  1. cash crop - a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)
    --1 is a kind of
    crop, harvest

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Cash Crop

Noun: A cash crop refers to a crop, typically agricultural, that is cultivated for the purpose of selling it for profit rather than for personal consumption.

Sample Sentence: Farmers in this region primarily grow cotton as a cash crop due to its high demand and profitability in the market.

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Adjective: When used as an adjective, "cash crop" describes something related to or associated with the cultivation and trade of profitable crops.

Sample Sentence: The region's economy heavily relies on the export of cash crop products, such as coffee, cocoa, and tea.

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Verb: To cash crop means to grow and sell crops primarily for profit rather than personal use.

Sample Sentence: The farmers decided to cash crop their land with soybeans instead of traditional vegetables to maximize their earnings.

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