standing crop
Americannoun
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the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
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a growing crop.
Etymology
Origin of standing crop
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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"If I don't use glyphosate to ripen the standing crop before harvest, I have to use more diesel to burn, to dry the crop", he said.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
His own studies have demonstrated that stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in leaves end up, via shredding invertebrates, stored away in the flesh of salamanders — like “a standing crop of nutrients,” he said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2014
If these invading waters were briny the standing crop would be killed and the soil perhaps made useless for several years until fresh water had leached out the salt.
From American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
He would kick still more vigorously if he had to pay a tax also on the value of the standing crop, after having to pay too much on the land.
From Three Acres and Liberty by Bolton Hall
As locusts settle upon a standing crop, so did the army of liberators descend upon the shops of San Antonio de los Banos.
From Rainbow's End by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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