From laqash; the after crop -- latter growth.
see HEBREW laqash
H3954. leqesh
לֶ֫קֶשׁ noun [masculine] probably after-growth, after-math, i.e. spring-crop (compare GASm12Proph. i. 109); — only (2 t.) Amos 7:1, הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ נִּזֵּי אַחַר לֶקֶשׁ וְהִנֵּה הַלָּ֑קֶשׁ עֲלוֺת בִּתְחִלַּת. — > Other interpretations are: late-rain growth (from מַלְקוֺשׁ q. v.), HoffmZAW iii. (1883) 116; leaf-and-herb-gathering in spring, We after KleinZPV iv. 1881, 83; Anderlindviii. 1886, 62.