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Specialty crop

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1.NounAny 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.
2.NounAny of a category of human-use crops that include "fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture)"; "eligible plants must be cultivated or managed and used by people for food, medicinal purposes, and/or aesthetic gratification to be considered specialty crops."
3.NounUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see specialty,‎ crop: Any crop that requires some sort of technical specialization to grow (this sense exists but is largely meaningless and useless to initiates in agriculture).
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