What is "intercrop"

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.

Intercrop \In"ter*crop`\, n. (Agric.) A crop grown among or between the rows of another crop; a catch crop.

n. The second (or subsequent) crop so planted vb. To grow more than one crop, in alternate rows, in the same field