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monoculture
noun mono·cul·ture \ˈmä-nə-ˌkəl-chər\
Definition of MONOCULTURE
1
: the cultivation or growth of a single crop or organism especially on agricultural or forest land
2
: a crop or a population of a single kind of organism grown on land in monoculture
3
: a culture dominated by a single element : a prevailing culture marked by homogeneity
— mono·cul·tur·al \ˌmä-nə-ˈkəlch-rəl, -ˈkəl-chə-\ adjective
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First Known Use of MONOCULTURE
1901
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