Fallow GRE Vocabulary Flashcard
/ˈfæl.əʊ/ (adj & noun)
Adjective: (agriculture) unseeded or unplanted farm or piece of land, left unseeded after plowing, uncultivated, unused – currently inactive or dormant, idle, sterile, uncreative, infertile, unproductive, barren, inert
Noun: land without crops, fallow land
Fallow land is land left to rest and regenerate. A field, or several fields, are taken out of crop rotation for a specific period of time, usually one to five years, depending on crop. … The following year, farmers would plant crops in the fallow land, while letting the other half rest or fallow.
Source: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/
Antonyms: creative, fertile, productive
Noun: fallowness
