See Also: monoculture(medicine)
monoculture(dictionary)

monoculture (iou)



monoculture noun. E20.
[Irreg. from MONO- + CULTURE noun, perh. after French.]
The cultivation or exploitation of a single crop, or the maintenance of a single kind of animal, to the exclusion of others. E20.
J. Ardagh The monoculture of cheap wine was dangerous for the region's economy.
An area in which such a practice prevails. M20.
fig.: Listener Los Angeles's least endearing characteristic: the tendency to fragment into self-contained, specialised areassocial monocultures.
mono'cultural adjective E20.
mono'culturist noun a person who practises or advocates monoculture L20.