cut-and-come-again
Harvest, then reharvest
Cut-and-come-again describes plants, especially leafy greens and herbs, that can be harvested repeatedly because they regrow after cutting.
Gardeners prize lettuce, spinach, and kale varieties bred for this quality, as they provide multiple harvests from a single planting.
The phrase suggests an inexhaustible supply—you cut some, come back again, and there's more.
It occasionally appears in older usage to describe any abundant resource that replenishes itself.
Growing back again
- harvestGathering mature crops
- lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
- salad greensEdible raw leaves
- successiveFollowing without interruption
pruning · picking · leafy · kale · chard · spinach · arugula · mesclun
Existing in abundance
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
- inexhaustibleCannot be used up
- replenishingRestoring to fullness
- ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
generous · overflowing · continuous · endless · copious · profuse · unfailing · perpetual
Biological self-repair process
- regrowthGrowing back again
- replenishmentRestoring depleted supply
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
resurgence · revival · resilience · bounceback · restoration · rebounding · cyclical · recurring
Conveyed thought or feeling
- sayingShort, wise expression
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
informal · homespun · folksy · vernacular · old-fashioned · quaint · proverbial · figure of speech
regrowth
Growing back again
- harvestGathering mature crops
- lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
- salad greensEdible raw leaves
successive · pruning · picking · leafy · kale · chard · spinach · arugula · mesclun · cropping
plentiful
Existing in abundance
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
- inexhaustibleCannot be used up
- replenishingRestoring to fullness
ample · generous · overflowing · continuous · endless · copious · profuse · unfailing · perpetual · sustained
regeneration
Biological self-repair process
- regrowthGrowing back again
- replenishmentRestoring depleted supply
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
recovery · resurgence · revival · resilience · bounceback · restoration · rebounding · cyclical · recurring · sustainable
expression
Conveyed thought or feeling
- sayingShort, wise expression
- colloquialismCasual conversational expression
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
British · informal · homespun · folksy · vernacular · old-fashioned · quaint · proverbial · figure of speech · turn of phrase
cut-and-come-againroot vegetable
Edible subterranean plant part
annual · determinate · bolting
cut-and-come-againone-shot
Occurring just once
exhaustible · finite · non-renewable · single-use · terminal
cut, come, again, cuts, cutting, cutter, cutters, comes, coming