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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The successive planting of different crops on the same land to improve soil fertility and help control insects and diseases.

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  • noun agriculture A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow); used to prevent erosion and increase fertility.

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