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monoculture

[ mon-uh-kuhl-cher ]

noun

  1. Agriculture.
    1. Also called 尘辞苍路辞路肠谤辞辫路辫颈苍驳 [mon, -, uh, -krop-ing]. the use of land for growing only one type of crop:

      They are making the same mistake as the foresters who seek to replace diverse forests with monocultures.

    2. Also called monocrop. a crop grown in this manner:

      The cultivation of crops, especially monocultures like soy, palm oil, and cocoa, is another significant factor in habitat loss.

    1. a way of life, worldview, set of popular media touchstones, etc., that is considered emblematic of a dominant culture:

      The show played an important role in the media monoculture of the 1950s.

    2. a single culture considered with respect to its homogeneity:

      The small island's monoculture changed drastically when it became an international tourist destination.



monoculture

/ 藞尘蓲苍蓹蕣藢办蕦濒迟蕛蓹 /

noun

  1. the continuous growing of one type of crop
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘辞苍路辞路肠耻濒路迟耻谤路补濒 [mon-, uh, -, kuhl, -cher-, uh, l], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of monoculture1

First recorded in 1910鈥15; mono- + culture
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Example Sentences

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The lesson 鈥 which applies in everything from forestry and urban planning to radically remaking government 鈥 is that monocultures that appear more efficient are actually far more fragile, more vulnerable and weaker than polycultures.

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"But the one thing we agree on is that our core enemy is the urban monoculture; the leftist unifying culture."

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Let鈥檚 break up landscape-sized monocultures of fuels, whether trees, chaparral or houses.

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Vast monocultures鈥攁long with heavy pesticide use鈥攈ave enabled the small country to supply half of global pineapple exports.

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Their findings reveal that establishing islands of trees within large oil palm monocultures can promote the recovery of native tree diversity through natural regeneration.

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