: a crop planted to prevent soil erosion and to provide humus
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Plant a cover crop in the empty beds.—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025 Harmless Harvest measured soil conditions on regenerative farms and conventional ones, and found maximum soil temperatures were five degrees Celsius lower where cover crops were present, while soil moisture levels doubled.—Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Red clover can make a drought- and shade-tolerant lawn alternative, but it is more often grown as an annual winter cover crop and then tilled into the soil as green manure.—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2025 Additionally, the cover crops also help prevent frost damage, which is another risk with unstable weather patterns.—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover crop
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