English

maincrop

From main + crop.

A compound of main + crop

Middle English mayn

English main

Proto-Germanic *kruppaz ‘body, trunk, crop’

Proto-West Germanic *kropp

Old English cropp ‘the head or top of a plant, a sprout or herb,…’

Middle English crop

English crop

Today it means

noun The principal vegetable crop of a season (excluding early and late varieties).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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