commercial harvest

collocation in English

meaningsofcommercialandharvest

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commercial
adjective
uk
/kəˈmɜː.ʃəl/us
/kəˈmɝː.ʃəl/
related to making money by buying and ...
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harvest
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈhɑː.vɪst/us
/ˈhɑːr.vəst/
the time of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields, or the activity of cutting and collecting them, or the crops that are cut ...
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(Definition ofcommercialandharvestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thereafter, seeds were collected at weekly intervals untilcommercialharvesttime.
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Germination percentages were the highest in dry seeds collected at thecommercialharvesttime and a week after.
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Also, in the present experiments the quality of the seeds harvested atcommercialharvesttime was higher than that of the early harvested seeds.
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Nevertheless, even for the seeds harvested at thecommercialharvesttime, the germination capacity was lower than is characteristic for commercial lots, which is usually over 90%.
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From 2004 to 2008 the annualcommercialharvestincreased from 80,000 to 200,000 tonnes.
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Thecommercialharvestis performed during a very short season, and the catch is shipped worldwide.
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Commercialharvestin the area was as much as 3.5 million pounds.
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Its populations declined drastically, and in the early 1980s, it was designated an endangered species andcommercialharvestwas banned.
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This population was nearly eradicated bycommercialharvest; their current numbers, though difficult to estimate, probably remain below 20,000.
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There has been nocommercialharvestin the area since 1988 with the exception of a brief harvest in 1993.
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There is a fear that this plant may be targeted forcommercialharvestin the pharmaceutical echinacea trade, but there is little evidence of this threat so far.
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