"monoculture" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒnəˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɒnoʊˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Forms: monocultures [plural]
Etymology: mono- + culture Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mono|culture}} mono- + culture Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} monoculture (countable and uncountable, plural monocultures)
  1. (agriculture) The cultivation of a single crop at a time. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture Translations (cultivation of a single crop at a time): monoconreu [feminine] (Catalan), monocultiu [masculine] (Catalan), monokultura [feminine] (Czech), monocultuur [feminine] (Dutch), yksipuolinen viljely (Finnish), monokulttuuri (Finnish), monoculture [feminine] (French), Monokultur [feminine] (German), μονοκαλλιέργεια (monokalliérgeia) [feminine] (Greek), monashaothrú [masculine] (Irish), monocoltura [feminine] (Italian), ahutahi (Maori), monokultura [feminine] (Polish), tuathanachas singilte [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), monocultivo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-monoculture-en-noun-EwqKUoKY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English hybridisms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 25 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 22 5 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 70 17 13 Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'cultivation of a single crop at a time': 100 0
  2. (anthropology) A culture or society that lacks diversity; a society marked by monoculturalism. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anthropology Translations (culture or society that lacks diversity): monocultuur [feminine] (Dutch), monoculture [feminine] (French), Monokultur [feminine] (German), monashaothrú [masculine] (Irish), monocultura [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-monoculture-en-noun-kduUD7Aj Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mono- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mono-: 23 54 24 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'culture or society that lacks diversity': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: monocultural, monoculturalism, monoculturist Related terms: biculture, oligoculture

Verb

IPA: /ˈmɒnəˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɒnoʊˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ Forms: monocultures [present, singular, third-person], monoculturing [participle, present], monocultured [participle, past], monocultured [past]
Etymology: mono- + culture Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mono|culture}} mono- + culture Head templates: {{en-verb}} monoculture (third-person singular simple present monocultures, present participle monoculturing, simple past and past participle monocultured)
  1. To cultivate such a crop
    Sense id: en-monoculture-en-verb-ATsv6Die

Inflected forms

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        "2": "mono",
        "3": "culture"
      },
      "expansion": "mono- + culture",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "mono- + culture",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "monocultures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monoculturing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monocultured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "monocultured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "monoculture (third-person singular simple present monocultures, present participle monoculturing, simple past and past participle monocultured)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To cultivate such a crop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cultivate",
          "cultivate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒnəˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒnoʊˌkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "monoculture"
}

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