See Also: crop 1, noun(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
WAY GOING CROP(law)
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shipworm (medicine) and crop 1, noun (oh)


shipworm (medicine)


shipworm
<zoology> Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc.


crop 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: cropp 'bird's crop, top part of a plant']
a plant such as wheat, rice, or fruit that is grown by farmers and used as Food
-see also GM GM
::The main crops were oats and barley.
:: crop production
::crops grown for market
-see also cash crop
the amount of wheat, rice, fruit etc that is produced in a season
-synonym harvest harvest crop of
::this season's crop of quality pears
::Fruit growers are gathering in a bumper crop (=a very large amount of something produced in a season) .
::increased crop yields
crop of sb/sth
a group of people that arrive or things that happen at the same time
crop of somebody/something of
::South Korea's present crop of elected politicians
a short whip used in horseriding
the part under a bird's throat where Food is stored
a very short hairstyle
crop of dark hair/blonde curls etc
hair that is short, thick, and attractive
::his reddish crop of shining hair