double-crop
[ duhb-uhl-krop ]
verb (used without object),dou·ble-cropped, dou·ble-crop·ping.
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.
to raise two crops per year on (an area of land).
Origin of double-crop
1First 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
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