alley crop noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A crop that is cultivated in this manner.Alley crops are generally the 'hedge crop' or creeper which is clipped after some days, or some flower plants. — 2017 verb1 •To plant non-woody crops between rows of nut, fruit, timber, or fodder trees.First stop for our entourage of two buses and three cars is a technical school where the headmaster has directed his students to alley crop a small field of Leucaena and cowpeas. — 1990 formsalley cropped · alley cropping · alley crops