two-crop
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/ˈtuː.krɑp/
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/ˈtuː.krɒp/
two harvests per year
Etymology
'two-crop' is a modern English compound formed from 'two' + 'crop', where 'two' (Old English 'twā') denotes the number 2 and 'crop' (Old English 'cropp') denotes a cultivated plant or the harvest from such plants.
'two' derives from Old English 'twā' and earlier Proto-Germanic *twai̯-, while 'crop' comes from Old English 'cropp' (meaning 'sprout, top of a plant'), and the compound 'two-crop' developed in modern English by combining the numeral and noun to describe a system with two harvests.
Originally the components simply meant 'the number two' and 'a harvest/plant'; the compound's meaning has remained essentially literal — indicating two crops per year — though its use as a technical agricultural term became more common with intensified farming practices.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a farming system, practice, or field that produces two separate crops in one year (a two-crop system).
The region's climate supports a two-crop, allowing farmers to harvest twice a year.
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Adjective 1
producing or involving two crops (harvests) in a single year; used to describe farming systems, fields, or rotations.
They adopted a two-crop system to increase total annual yield.
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