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Meaning of alley crop | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To plant non-woody crops between rows of nut, fruit, timber, or fodder trees.

transitive

Examples

“First stop for our entourage of two buses and three cars is a technical school where the headmaster has directed his students to alley crop a small field of Leucaena and cowpeas.”
“You can alley crop with brambles, blueberries, fruit or nuts.”
“Shepherd will continue to alley crop corn and hay in between the tree rows until the trees become too large and shade out the crops.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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