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overcropped

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o⋅ver⋅crop

  [v. oh-ver-krop; n. oh-ver-krop] verb, -cropped, -crop⋅ping, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
–verb (used without object)
2. to produce a crop in excess of what is permitted, agreed on, or normally required, esp. in an attempt to gain added profits by circumventing government regulations.
–noun
3. a mark of identification on cattle, which is made by cutting a piece from the upper margin of the ear.
Origin:
1560–70; over- + crop
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o·ver·crop   (ō'vər-krŏp')   
tr.v.   o·ver·cropped, o·ver·crop·ping, o·ver·crops
To exhaust the fertility of (land) by continuous cultivation of crops.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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