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mon⋅o⋅cul⋅ture

  [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  [mon-uh-krop-ing] .

Origin:
1910–15; mono- + culture

Related forms:
mon⋅o⋅cul⋅tur⋅al, adjective
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mon·o·cul·ture   (mŏn'ə-kŭl'chər)   
n.  

  1. The cultivation of a single crop on a farm or in a region or country.

  2. A single, homogeneous culture without diversity or dissension.

mon'o·cul'tur·al adj., mon'o·cul'tur·al·ism n.
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Word Origin & History

monoculture 
"cultivation of a single crop when others are possible," 1915, from mono- "single" + culture (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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