monocrop meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

monocrop

noun

Etymology From mono- + crop.

Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle A crop of a single kind, grown without others.

For many residents, a monocrop of million-dollar homes is nearly as awful a nightmare as suburban sprawl.2015 November 3, Greg Beato, “Communities Come Together to Make Homes More Affordable”, in New York Times:

verb

Etymology From mono- + crop.

To grow (a crop) in a monoculture.

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

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