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| farmer |
A farmer is a person who owns or runs a farm. |
| meadow |
A meadow is an open field of grass that is growing wild. Flowers often grow wild in a meadow too. A meadow is often used as a place for farm animals to eat grass, or as a place for a farmer to grow hay. |
| producer |
A producer is a person or company that makes or grows something, usually for other people to buy. A company that makes cars, is a car producer. A farmer that grows vegetables, is a vegetable producer. [1/3 definitions] |
| scarecrow |
A scarecrow is something that a farmer puts up in a field or garden to scare birds away from crops. It usually has the shape of a person. A scarecrow is made out of clothes stuffed with straw or other material, and it usually has a hat. |
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