cover crop

English

Noun

cover crop (plural cover crops)

1. Any of several crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion and to improve soil quality (especially by adding nitrogen); often plowed into the soil as a green manure at the end of its season.

Related terms

• ground cover
• smother crop

Translations

crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion

• Finnish: katekasvi, kesantokasvi
• German: Zwischenfrucht f
• Spanish: cultivo de cobertura m