monocultural
- adjective
- /ˌmɒnəˈkʌltʃərəl/
- Specialized
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monocultural
- Accompanying the decline in rural landlessness was an increase in the number of farms in all municipalities except Las Maras and Maricao, two monocultural coffee districts in the nineteenth century that experienced a decrease in farms as the coffee sector contracted.
- monocultural planting
Examples
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The species diversity of the plant community has been converted into a monocultural (or, at best, a species-poor) system.
Academic text (1999) -
Monocultural timber plantations, on the other hand, would maximize timber production at the expense of most other benefits.
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In California, for example, botanists find monocultural patches of wildflowers and wonder why they are there.
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Trees have been telling us that monocultural planting of trees with an eye only to profit is neither economically productive nor ecologically sound.
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Most ecologists agree that it engenders an ecological balance and stability not enjoyed by simpler monocultural production systems.
Academic text (1999) -
What mix of policies would promote the shift from monocultural food cropping and pasture formation to polycultural tree-based production systems?
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We called for a transformation of the field from a monocultural discipline grounded in a psychoanalytic methodology to a "mode of inquiry that can inform the study of memory within a changing global context."
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The vulnerability of agricultural production to cyclones is increased by shifting production from polycultural systems to monocultural cash crops, as the former systems are much less prone to damage from high winds and salt spray.
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Mechanized monocultural cash-cropping continues on marginal lands with no rotation of crops, and forests are progressively reduced to charcoal for town, city, and foreign markets.
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Farmers are increasingly advised against monocultural practices to ensure a healthy ecosystem.
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A way of growing different kinds of plants and other living things together in the same place
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Etymology
The word monocultural comes from mono- 'one' and culture 'growing' or care, the same idea you see in agriculture. So a monocultural farm or area focuses on growing or keeping 'one' crop or tradition, which can reduce diversity and cause problems like soil loss or pests.