1.the yield from plants in a single growing season
2.a collection of people or things appearing together;
the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas
3.the output of something in a season;
the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores
4.the stock or handle of a whip
5.a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
1.cut short;
She wanted her hair cropped short
2.prepare for crops;
Work the soil
3.yield crops;
This land crops well
4.let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
5.feed as in a meadow or pasture;
the herd was grazing
6.cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;
dress the plants in the garden
直接或間接為人類需要而栽培的植物。“作物”一詞由日語轉借而來,在中國古籍中則稱“禾稼”或“谷” 。古代有所謂“五谷”、“六谷”、“九谷”、以至“百谷”之稱,其中谷的含義不斷發展,由稻、黍稷、麥、菽,逐步擴大到麻類、瓜果、蔬菜乃至所有栽培植物。中國農業文獻中自20世紀初開始引用“作物”一詞,今已普及,俗稱“莊稼”。