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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually circular pattern or group of patterns occurring in a field as the result of the flattening of the stems of grain or other crops, often as a prank to claim extraterrestrial or paranormal origin.
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- noun An area in a
field ofcrops where thestalks have been flattened into a circle or othergeometric shape.
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treeseed commented on the word crop circle
a geometric and especially a circular pattern of flattened stalks in a field of grain sometimes attributed to natural phenomena or to the work of hoaxers trying to create the impression of a visit by extraterrestrial beings and sometimes actually attributed to the work of extraterrestrials or some other supernatural force
January 23, 2008