(thing) by CentrX Tue Jun 20 2000 at 6:34:46

A quick-growing crop, as vetch or clover, used for a short time to protect soil from erosion and then plowed under as a fertilizer.

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Thu Nov 24 2005 at 5:13:20

Cov"er crop.

A catch crop planted, esp. in orchards. as a protection to the soil in winter, as well as for the benefit of the soil when plowed under in spring.

 

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