单词 | money crop |
释义 | > as lemmasmoney crop money crop n. U.S. a crop that is grown mainly for selling and not for the grower's consumption, as cotton or tobacco; a cash crop. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > cash-crop money crop1867 cash-crop1869 1867 De Bow's Rev. Dec. 565 If it be supposed that cotton is made on a small farm..it would be a money crop and clear profit. 1904 T. Watson Bethany 5 They never failed to make it their object to produce on the farm the necessary supplies, tobacco or cotton being merely the surplus crop, the money crop. 1994 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 60 60 They had become increasingly committed to cotton as the principal money crop. < as lemmas |
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