Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunset crop

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: sun-set crop
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of agricultural crop that is not expected to be commercially viable much longer.

Example Sentences

"It would seem therefore that the rubber tree need no longer be considered as a "sunset crop""
"Negros Oriental is also more diversified economically than its Western cousin, Negros Occidental, which is overly dependent on the sunset crop sugar."
"The health-promoting properties of coconut are increasingly being recognised. Yet coconut is too often seen as a sunset crop, with little future, unable to compete in export markets with palm kernel oil and, more recently, with generally modified rapeseed oil."
"Cocoa is "a sunset" crop. We should diversify our production."

Inflected Forms

sunset crops (plural)

Questions

What does sunset crop mean?: A type of agricultural crop that is not expected to be commercially viable much longer.

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