The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crop \Crop\, v. i. To yield harvest. [1913 Webster] 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; to appear suddenly. "Cares crop up in villas." --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]