food crop
Cultivated for eating
A food crop is a plant cultivated primarily for human consumption, as opposed to crops grown for animal feed, fiber, fuel, or other industrial purposes.
Wheat, rice, and corn are staple food crops; cotton and hemp are not.
The drought devastated the region's food crops.
- carrotEdible orange taproot
- fruitsEdible seed-bearing crops
- market gardeningCommercial small-plot agriculture
- farm to tableDirect agricultural procurement
- daily breadEssential means of living
potato · wheat · pepper · rice · rice paddy · ancient grains · subsistence farming · corn · legume · produce · root vegetable · tuber · cassava · barley · soybean · seed saving · drought tolerant · thresh
food cropornamental plant
Flora kept for aesthetics
cotton · tobacco · rubber · cover crop · timber
food cropornamental plant
Flora kept for aesthetics
decorative plant · houseplant · ornamental grass · shade tree · topiary
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