cash crop
noun
: a readily salable crop (such as cotton or tobacco) produced or gathered primarily for market
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Most previous studies have only focused on the former cash crop in the southern Levant, which today includes much of Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
And any sensible apple grower in Ontario knew their cash crop would be the McIntosh.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 12 Sep. 2025
In the fields around the Quad Cities in northwest Illinois, the state’s biggest cash crops look amazing these days.
—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
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
And any sensible apple grower in Ontario knew their cash crop would be the McIntosh.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 12 Sep. 2025
In the fields around the Quad Cities in northwest Illinois, the state’s biggest cash crops look amazing these days.
—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
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 29 Sep. 2025.
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