cash crop
noun
: a readily salable crop (such as cotton or tobacco) produced or gathered primarily for market
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In the fields around the Quad Cities in northwest Illinois, the state’s biggest cash crops look amazing these days.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
On the plantation, horses pulled plows and other heavy machinery and cultivated between miles of cash crops.
—Bitter Kalli
august 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Burley tobacco, raised by settlers from Kentucky and Tennessee, was the cash crop that fueled Weston’s booming economy.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
Both began commercial operations, Lamon growing cash crops and Hutchings operating a hotel.
—Michael Childers, The Conversation, 31 July 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
On the plantation, horses pulled plows and other heavy machinery and cultivated between miles of cash crops.
—Bitter Kalli
august 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Burley tobacco, raised by settlers from Kentucky and Tennessee, was the cash crop that fueled Weston’s booming economy.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2025
Both began commercial operations, Lamon growing cash crops and Hutchings operating a hotel.
—Michael Childers, The Conversation, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cash crop
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“Cash crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20crop. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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