- spraying crops
- Applying poisonous substances in liquid by spray to growing crops, sometimes by the use of aircraft, to eradicate insect pests. 3 Am J2d Agri § 47.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
spraying crops
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