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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cropped
adj
  1. (of land or soil) used for growing crops; "cropped soil"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Intercrop \In"ter*crop`\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {-cropped};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {-cropping}.] (Agric.)
      To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate
      rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch
      crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of
      the regular rotation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cropped} (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Cropping}.]
      1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to
            browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.
  
                     I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a
                     tender one.                                       --Ezek. xvii.
                                                                              22.
  
      2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.
  
                     Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech.
  
      3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.
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