Monocrop

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Verb
  1. 1
    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."

Example

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"For many residents, a monocrop of million-dollar homes is nearly as awful a nightmare as suburban sprawl."

Etymology

From mono- + crop.

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