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
The corn eaten early in the season was undoubtedly from the standing crop.
From Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas by Platt, Dwight
Esteban, from his saddle, saw the first wisps of smoke arise and grow and unwind into long ribbons, reaching deep into the standing crop.
From Rainbow's End by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
They will feed their horse on the standing crop, their men on the garnered grain,15 The thatch of the byres will serve their fires when all the cattle are slain.
From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)
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