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double-cropping

|dou-ble-crop-ping|

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/ˈdʌbəlˌkrɑpɪŋ/

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/ˈdʌb.əlˌkrɒp.ɪŋ/

(double-crop)

two harvests per year on the same land

Base Form	Plural	Plural	3rd Person Sing.	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle	Noun	Adjective	Adjective
double-crop	double-croppings	double-crops	double-crops	double-cropped	double-cropped	double-cropping	double-cropping	double-cropping	double-cropped

Etymology

Etymology Information

'double-cropping' originates from Modern English as a compound of 'double' + 'crop'. 'double' comes (via Middle English and Old French) ultimately from Latin 'duplus' meaning 'twofold', and 'crop' comes from Old English 'cropp' meaning 'sprout, head, yield'.

Historical Evolution

'double' developed from Latin 'duplus' → Old French 'double' → Middle English 'double'; 'crop' developed from Old English 'cropp' → Middle English 'crop'. The compound 'double-cropping' appears in Modern English (notably in 20th-century agricultural literature) to describe two harvests per year.

Meaning Changes

Initially, 'double' simply meant 'twofold' and 'crop' referred to the yield or top of a plant; combined, the term came to denote the specific agricultural practice of obtaining two successive harvests on the same land within one year and has retained that specialized meaning.

Meanings by Part of Speech

Noun 1

an agricultural practice of planting and harvesting two successive crops on the same land within a single year to increase total production.

Double-cropping is common in regions with long growing seasons to make better use of the land.

Synonyms

multiple croppingsequential croppingrelay cropping

Antonyms

single-cropping monocropping monoculture

Verb 1

to grow a second crop on the same land within the same year, i.e., to practice double-cropping.

Many farmers began double-cropping to increase their annual yields and income.

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