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The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. [Obs.] "Crop and root." Chaucer.

A person or animal whose ears are cropped.

Having the ears cropped.

Having the tail cropped.

Having a full crop or belly; satiated. Milton.

One that crops.

Sick from excess in eating or drinking. [Obs.] "Cropsick drunkards." Tate. -- Crop"sick`ness, n. [Obs.] Whitlock.

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

The entire upper surface of the foot.

The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

Pertaining to an acropolis.

A second crop or harvest in the same year. Mortimer.

Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordinary rotation in point of time. -- Catch"- crop`ping, n.

A catch crop planted, esp. in orchards. as a protection to the soil in winter, as well as for the benefit of the soil when plowed under in spring.

To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation.

Having long or large petals.

Having long or large leaves.

One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.