Usually means: Plant more crops than advisable.
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  1. overcrop: Merriam-Webster
  2. overcrop: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overcrop: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. overcrop: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. overcrop: Wiktionary
  7. overcrop: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. overcrop: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. overcrop: Dictionary.com
  10. overcrop: Rhymezone
  11. overcrop: FreeDictionary.org
  12. overcrop: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. overcrop: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. overcrop: Wordnik

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▸ verb:  To cultivate land excessively and thus exhaust its fertility

Similar:
overcultivate, overplough, overgraze, overseed, overplant, overplow, overharvest, overexploit, overtill, overirrigate, more...

Opposite:
undercrop, underplant, undercultivate

Types:
wheat, barley, rye, oats, corn, sorghum, millet, teff, more...

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Similar:
overcultivate, overplough, overgraze, overseed, overplant, overplow, overharvest, overexploit, overtill, overirrigate, more...

Opposite:
undercrop, underplant, undercultivate

Types:
wheat, barley, rye, oats, corn, sorghum, millet, teff, more...



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