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monoculture
[ mon-uh-kuhl-cher ]
noun
- Agriculture.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- the continuous growing of one type of crop
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
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of monoculture1
Example Sentences
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.
"But the one thing we agree on is that our core enemy is the urban monoculture; the leftist unifying culture."
Let鈥檚 break up landscape-sized monocultures of fuels, whether trees, chaparral or houses.
Vast monocultures鈥攁long with heavy pesticide use鈥攈ave enabled the small country to supply half of global pineapple exports.
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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