to crop up

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to crop up - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Crop \Crop\, v. i.
     To yield harvest.
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     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.
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