'-cropping' definitions:

Definition of '-cropping'

From: GCIDE
  • Intercrop \In"ter*crop`\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. -cropped; p. pr. & vb. n. -cropping.] (Agric.) 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]