overyielding

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ yielding

Noun[edit]

overyielding (uncountable)

  1. The amount a species yields, when grown with other species compared to yield in a monoculture.
  2. The amount of biomass an ecological community (e.g. a grassland patch) yields, compared to any of its member species alone.