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Idiom idiom

specialty crop

Meaning

Any of various crops cultivated for, or managed and gathered for, human use (in food, personal hygiene, medicine, or decoration) rather than as animal feed, fodder, or forage.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples
SIMPLE

“Farmers in this region grow many types of specialty crop.”

CONTEXTUAL

“The local market focuses on selling specialty crop varieties that you cannot find in standard grocery stores.”

COMPLEX

“Agricultural experts argue that diversifying into a high-value specialty crop can provide small-scale farmers with a more stable income than traditional commodity farming.”

Anchors to
Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    bumper crop

    An excess of something; a large yield.

  2. 02

    cream of the crop

    The best or most desirable among some selection.

  3. 03

    cream the crop

    To pick out the most valuable or desirable things or people from a group for one's own interests.

  4. 04

    crop up

    To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.

Last updated August 10, 2026