monocrop

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mono- +‎ crop

Noun[edit]

monocrop (plural monocrops)

  1. (agriculture) A crop of a single kind, grown without others.
    • 2015 November 3, Greg Beato, “Communities Come Together to Make Homes More Affordable”, in New York Times[1]:
      For many residents, a monocrop of million-dollar homes is nearly as awful a nightmare as suburban sprawl.

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Verb[edit]

monocrop (third-person singular simple present monocrops, present participle monocroping, simple past and past participle monocroped)

  1. To grow (a crop) in a monoculture.
    • 2009 December 3, "Gerard", “Can't Beet Sugar Cane”, in The Scope, number 95, page 3:
      Sugar cane is good- it grows like a weed and can be monocropped, and the trash parts become fuel for the evaporators.