cash crop
Other forms: cash crops
Anything that's grown and sold to make a profit is known as a cash crop. You might grow tomatoes and strawberries as a cash crop, selling them at the local farmer's market.
Unlike something you grow for yourself, like your raised bed of zucchini and carrots that you pick and eat all summer long, a cash crop is planted and harvested with one goal in mind: making a profit. Farmers make their living with cash crops; anything they and their families consume (or they feed to their animals) is known as a subsistence crop. The price growers get for their cash crops depends on demand and shipping distance, among other variables. Common cash crops include corn, wheat, and coffee beans.
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a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)type of:cropa cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale
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