food-bearing plants? what is it??
This means that, for the majority, we humans have shelter from the elements, yet we subject our food-bearing plants to the rigours of the great outdoors and can do no more than hope for a good weather year.

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Who needs Google Translate?

Food-bearing plants? Just one look at @mouzhong's profile pic tells you that he knows the answer!

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应该是粮食作物

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"Bear" in the sense of "carry" or even "provide".

We can't eat all plants, but we can eat parts of some plants. These are food-bearing plants.