crop rotation

noun

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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Meanings

nouncrop rotation (countable and uncountable, plural crop rotations)

plural crop rotations

  1. countableuncountableagricultureA 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.

Translations

Arabic دَوْرَة زِرَاعِيَّة
  • دَوْرَة زِرَاعِيَّة (dawra zirāʕiyya)farming practice
Bulgarian редуване на културите, сеитбообръщение
  • редуване на културите (reduvane na kulturite)farming practice
  • сеитбообръщение (seitboobrăštenie)farming practice
  • сеитбооборо́т (seitbooborót)farming practice
Catalan rotació de conreus
  • rotació de conreusfarming practice
Chinese Mandarin 輪作 /轮作
  • 輪作 /轮作 (lúnzuò)farming practice
Czech střídání plodin
  • střídání plodinfarming practice
Dutch gewasrotatie, vruchtwisseling
  • gewasrotatiefarming practice
  • vruchtwisselingfarming practice
  • wisselteeltfarming practice
Finnish kiertoviljely, vuoroviljely
  • kiertoviljelyfarming practice
  • vuoroviljelyfarming practice
  • viljelykiertofarming practice
French assolement
  • assolementfarming practice
German Fruchtwechsel, Fruchtfolge
  • Fruchtwechselfarming practice
  • Fruchtfolgefarming practice
  • Felderwirtschaftfarming practice
Greek αμειψισπορά
  • αμειψισπορά (ameipsisporá)farming practice
Hungarian vetésforgó
  • vetésforgófarming practice
Italian rotazione delle colture
  • rotazione delle colturefarming practice
Korean 윤작
  • 윤작 (yunjak)farming practice
Latvian augseka
  • augsekafarming practice
Lithuanian sėjomaina
  • sėjomainafarming practice
Polish płodozmian
  • płodozmianfarming practice
Portuguese rotação de culturas
  • rotação de culturasfarming practice
Romanian asolament, rotație a culturilor
  • asolamentfarming practice
  • rotație a culturilorfarming practice
Russian севооборо́т, многопо́лье
  • севооборо́т (sevooborót)farming practice
  • многопо́лье (mnogopólʹje)farming practice
Slovak striedanie plodín
  • striedanie plodínfarming practice
Spanish rotación de cultivos
  • rotación de cultivosfarming practice
Swedish växelbruk
  • växelbrukfarming practice
Ukrainian сівозмі́на
  • сівозмі́на (sivozmína)farming practice
Welsh cylchdro cnydau
  • cylchdro cnydaufarming practice
Cite this entry
APA

crop rotation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crop%20rotation

MLA

“crop rotation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crop%20rotation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crop rotation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crop%20rotation.

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