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mono-culture
mon·o·cul·ture
/
ˈmɒn
əˌkʌl
tʃər
/
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[
mon
-
uh
-kuhl-cher
]
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noun
Agriculture
.
the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
Also called
mon·o·crop·ping
/
ˈmɒn
əˌkrɒp
ɪŋ
/
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[
mon
-
uh
-krop-ing
]
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.
Origin:
1910–15;
mono-
+
culture
Related forms
mon·o·cul·tur·al,
adjective
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monoculture
(ˈmɒnəʊˌkʌltʃə)
—
n
the continuous growing of one type of crop
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
monoculture
"cultivation of a single crop when others are possible," 1915, from
mono-
"single" +
culture
(q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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