Definition of "old-field" [old-field]

• Southern U.S. An overcultivated field allowed to lie fallow. (noun)

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• "Initial floristic composition, a factor in old-field vegetation development."
• "Direct and indirect effects of predation and predation risk in old-field interaction webs."
• "Some farmland has been abandoned this century and old-field succession is gradually returning these areas to forest cover."