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Adjective: fallow  fa-low
  1. Left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season
    "fallow farmland"
     
  2. Undeveloped but potentially useful
    "a fallow gold market"
Noun: fallow  fa-low
  1. Cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons

Derived forms: fallows

See also: unbroken, undeveloped, unexploited, unploughed [Brit, Cdn], unplowed [N. Amer]

Type of: arable, arable land, cropland, cultivated land, farmland, ploughland [Brit, Cdn], plowland [US], tillage, tilled land, tilth

Encyclopedia: Fallow, William