CROP (3)

Crop, v. i. To yield harvest. To crop out. (a) (Geol.) To appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal. (b) To come to light; to be manifest; to appear; as, the peculiarities of an author crop out. — To crop up, to sprout; to spring up. “Cares crop up in villas.“ Beaconsfield.