cash crop
noun/ˈkæʃ krɒp/
/ˈkæʃ krɑːp/
- a crop grown for selling, rather than for use by the person who grows it
- Most farmers now produce cash crops such as coffee for the export market.
- the replacement of traditional crops with cash crops for export
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