作物 zuòwù crop
How to remember 作物: 作 do + 物 thing = crop.
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How it is used
- A crop (agricultural) - 这片地主要种植经济作物 (zhè piàn dì zhǔyào zhòngzhí jīngjì zuòwù) this land mainly grows cash crops.
- 农作物 (nóngzuòwù) is the full form; 经济作物 (cash crops), 粮食作物 (grain crops).
- Refers to cultivated plants collectively, not a single plant (植物).