double-crop

[ duhb-uhl-krop ]

verb (used without object),dou·ble-cropped, dou·ble-crop·ping.
  1. to raise two consecutive crops on the same land within a single growing season.

verb (used with object),dou·ble-cropped, dou·ble-crop·ping.
  1. to raise two crops per year on (an area of land).

Origin of double-crop

1
First recorded in 1865–70

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How to use double-crop in a sentence

  • But double-cropping land in this way, at any time, is of very doubtful utility.

    Soil Culture | J. H. Walden