crop

1. (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.Examples: "The farmer had to decide which crop to grow as his main bet for the coming year. Would it be barley, oats, or something else?"

2. (figurative) A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.Examples: "The decade produced a whole crop of ideas about space travel."; "The university had an exceptional crop of graduates in 1892, including three who went on to win Nobel Prizes."; "And even if Anna Wintour wanted to invite a fresh crop of internet talent, who would she choose? Can you name anyone in the past year who has ascended in a major way?"figuratively

3. (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.Examples: "A little bird sat on the edge of her nest; Her yellow-beaks slept as sound as tops; That day she had done her very best, And had filled every one of their little crops."; "The bird gave a gulp, and I felt the stone pass along its gullet and down into its crop."; "As the wildebeest shrinks, the circle of sated birds lounging in the short grass expands. With bulging crops, the vultures settle their heads atop folded wings and slide their nictitating membranes shut."Synonyms: craw

4. (architecture) The foliate part of a finial.

5. (archaic or dialect) The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.archaicdialectal

6. (mining) Tin ore prepared for smelting.