green manure

English

Noun

green manure (usually uncountable, plural green manures)

Any fairly green (fresh and wet) plant matter that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility; especially, a cover crop that is plowed in.
- 1901 June 21, Alex Pardy, “Green Manuring”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎, volume 4, number 6, page 242:
  There are, broadly speaking, two classes of green manures, viz.:—Leguminous and others.

Derived terms

green manuring

Translations

a crop that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility

Finnish: viherlannoitus
Italian: sovesciare (it)

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