standing crop

American  

noun

1. the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.

2. a growing crop.

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Etymology

Origin of standing crop

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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standing crop

"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

As he grew older, he was taught to sow and reap, to estimate the value of a standing crop at a glance, and, last but not least, to drive a hard bargain.

From The Champdoce Mystery by Gaboriau, Émile

As these last are harvested the feeding area of the buntings becomes restricted, so that eventually every patch of standing crop is alive with buntings.

From A Bird Calendar for Northern India by Dewar, Douglas

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 Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell