MONOCULTURE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does monoculture mean? 

• MONOCULTURE (noun)
  The noun MONOCULTURE has 1 sense:

1. the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)

  Familiarity information: MONOCULTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOCULTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("monoculture" is a kind of...):

culture (the raising of plants or animals)

 Context examples 

Palm oil is an important commodity, but it raises concerns over the destruction of tropical rainforests that are replaced by its monocultures, says Kevin Felix Arno Darras, study author and postdoctoral researcher at Germany's University of Göttingen.

(Greener palm oil possible without sacrificing profit, SciDev.Net)