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• truck gardening — noun : the raising of vegetables for market * * * truck farming or truck gardening, the business of operating a truck farm …   Useful english dictionary

• truck farming — noun growing vegetables for the market • Hypernyms: ↑farming, ↑agriculture, ↑husbandry * * * noun : the production of crops of some vegetables on an extensive scale in regions especially suited to their culture primarily for shipment to distant… …   Useful english dictionary

• gardening — Synonyms and related words: bloom, blossom, blow, citriculture, floret, floriculture, floscule, flower, flower gardening, flower growing, floweret, fruit growing, groundskeeping, horticulture, hortorium, landscape architecture, landscape… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Truck — Truck, n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Truck farming — Truck Truck, n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• truck system — Truck Truck, n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Truck farming — is the cultivation of one or a few fruit or vegetable crops on a relatively large scale for transport to distant markets where the crop cannot be grown due to climate. This is contrasted to market gardening, where a variety of crops are grown on… …   Wikipedia

• gardening — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. horticulture, cultivation, growing, planting, truck farming, vegetable raising, tillage, landscaping, landscape gardening, landscape architecture, flower gardening, floriculture, groundskeeping …   English dictionary for students

• truck farming — noun The relatively small scale growing of vegetables for market. Syn: market gardening …   Wiktionary

• Garden truck — Truck Truck, n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Market gardening — Market garden redirects here. For the World War II operation, see Operation Market Garden. In agriculture, market gardening is the relatively small scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to… …   Wikipedia