cash crop

The definition of a cash crop is a crop grown for the purpose of selling it, rather than using or consuming it personally.

(noun)

Cotton that you grow in order to sell is an example of a cash crop.

See cash crop in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a crop grown by a farmer primarily for sale to others rather than for his or her own use

See cash crop in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A crop, such as tobacco, grown for direct sale rather than for livestock feed.

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