green manure

English

Noun

green manure (usually uncountable, plural green manures)

1. Any fairly green (fresh and wet) plant matter that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility; especially, a cover crop that is plowed in.
   • 1901 June 21, Alex Pardy, “Green Manuring”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 6, page 242:

     There are, broadly speaking, two classes of green manures, viz.:—Leguminous and others.

Derived terms

• green manuring

Translations

a crop that is ploughed into the soil to improve its fertility

• Finnish: viherlannoitus
• Italian: sovesciare (it)