catch crop

noun

catch crop

noun
1

Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordinary rotation in point of time.

  • 1900-1902, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Cyclopedia of American Horticulture Radishes […] are often grown as a catch crop with other vegetables.

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