noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
crop
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Yes, many husbands kept all the money from the maize crop even though their wives had done most of the work.
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The maize crops have almost completely failed for several years running.
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Crouching inside the maize crop he began to work his way round the hamlet towards it.
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Rainfall during the December-April rainy season was under 10 percent of normal, and the country's maize crop has been devastated.
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Twelve spring-sown oilseed rape crops , 12 forage maize crops and 24 beet crops have been harvested.
■ VERB
grow
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We grew maize , rice, beans and sesame.
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We grew maize , millet and beans.
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The Mayans grew maize , beans and pumpkins, and were the first to cultivate cocoa.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He could see their helmeted heads among the maize stalks.
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In maize , for example, there are two male-sterility organelle genes, each suppressed by a separate nuclear restorer.
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Rice was their basic food and their most important food crop, far ahead of maize , taro or sago.
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The maize crops have almost completely failed for several years running.
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The police post is very remote and they often supplement their diet of maize and beans with game meat.
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The rare perennial maize proved to be resistant to seven viral diseases that plague domesticated maize.
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We grew maize , rice, beans and sesame.
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When Kalchu brought it fresh hay and water and even maize porridge it remained aloof and indifferent.